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GWR 2119 Full Third

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|status = Overhaul
|carno = 2119
|othernos = W2119W, 99239?
|designed = Hawksworth
|diagram = C82
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}}'''GWR Hawksworth Corridor Third (TK) No 2119 ''' was ordered by the GWR before nationalisation, but completed on behalf of BR (W) by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in April 1949 as lot no 1720 to diagram C82. 2119 has the characteristic Hawksworth sloping ended roof profile and 64ft length. It seats the normal 64 passengersin 8 compartments, but had an oak interior rather than the more usual mahogany. There is a toilet in the cross-vestibule at each end. There are also two central doors per side, those on the compartment side being in the third and sixth compartments<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.56.</ref>.
The SVR stock book states that ==Preservation==2119 was purchased direct from passenger service. However the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey states that it was later numbered 99239, suggesting a period of hauled non-passenger carrying use. It arrived arriving on the SVR from Didcot on 28 August 1968, and received receiving full GWR livery in 1979. <ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It was also used as part of the SVR's [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR main line set]] , for which it was allocated TOPS number 99239,<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> as well as on the SVR itself.
In October 2017, 2119 was moved outside the joinery shop at [[Bewdley]] for a long overdue overhaul to begin, the vehicle having been in store for about thirty years.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461&start=45 SVROnline forum]</ref><ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> There was no significant progress in early 2019 with priority being given to the major repair of [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]]; the next task on 2119 being the planned removal of the floor during the summer.<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref>, It is owned by [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]].
==See also==
==References==
<references />
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
Great Western (SVR) Assoc.
==Links==
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