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}}86105 is a BR Mark 1 General Utility Van. These vehicles were built for use on express passenger services as well as parcels and freight trains, and were classed as [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock]]. The side doors allowed loading of containerised mail and parcels and newspapers. The GUVs were 'through piped' for use on steam heated services, although they were not themselves steam heated.<ref name=SVR>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>
==86105 in service and preservationService==BR General Utility Van (GUV) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958 to diagram 811, lot 30417.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It initially carried the number M86105, being allocated to the Midland Region, before receiving a a new number under TOPS of M93105 in December 1983. It was preserved withdrawn from service in October December 1992, arriving <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.219.</ref>. ==Preservation==The SVR stock book states that the Van arrived from Radyr, Walesin October 1992 (this precedes the withdrawal date given in [[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth]]). By 1999 it had been restored to 1958 maroon passenger livery and sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it was put to use as a [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund sales coach|sales coach]] by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. It continues in in use in this role and is seen painted in unlined BR Maroon livery.
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