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The The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund was formed in summer 1976, initially to purchase LNER Brake Third Open 1666023834 (later 16600), then in use at Gateshead as a work study coach numbered DE 320942. <ref>SVR News 44</ref> This duly arrived on the SVR, but unfortunately proved to be in worse condition than thought, resulting in a period of storage at Highley followed by eventual scrapping for parts recovery.<ref>Article in SVR News 56, “LNER(SVR) Coach Fund Notes”</ref>. Parts recovered from 16600 are incorporated in most restored LNER carriages on SVR, but unfortunately no photographs of it have come to light.
== See Also ==
[[List of preservation groups]]<br>
[[The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]]
additional info and history
In late 1978 the Fund’s next acquisition was [[LNER 24068 Composite Corridor Brake | LNER Composite Corridor Brake 24068]], already at the SVR under private ownership. Further purchases of LNER rolling stock followed, including [[LNER 43600 Open Third | Open Third 43600]] and [[LNER 70759 Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van| BTK (Corridor Brake 3rd) 70759]]. In 2010 ownership of these three carriages was transferred to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]]; at the same time the [[The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]] was formed as a department within the Trust, having common volunteers with the Fund<ref>Coach Fund web site</ref>.
In early 2016, the Fund transferred ownership of [[LNER 24105 Open Third | Wheelchair Open Third (WTO) 24105]] and [[GNR 2701 Composite Corridor | GNR Composite (CK) 2701]] to the SVR Charitable Trust.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/news_letters/Newsletter_51-2016.pdf LNER (SVR) Coach Fund Newsletter 51]</ref> The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund continues to support the restoration and upkeep of all LNER carriages on the SVR.
== See Also ==
*[[List of preservation groups]]
*[[The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]]
==References==
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== Links ==
[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk// The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund website]
