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File:2701_pre_restoration.jpg | 2701 before the start of restoration in 2001File:2701_1st_class_seat_back.jpg | Making a first class seat back in 2006File:GNR_2701_Award_20150707.jpg | HRA award 2009LNER_2701_20150307.jpg | 2701 in 2015
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|image = LNER_2701_20150307GNR_2701_20190723.jpg
|caption = GNR (LNER) Corridor Composite No 2701
|construc = GNR Doncaster
Filming took place in October 2000 for an episode of the 2001 TV series “[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV Documentary | Off the Rails]]” featuring Vince Henderson. The restoration of GNR 2701 was one of the items featured. In 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £84k towards the cost of restoration, while in 2004 the [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] 'Bums on Seats' raised around £8,000 in aid of 2701 and [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open]].<ref>SVR News 149</ref> GNR No 2701 entered SVR service in July 2008, being formally launched into service on 16th August of that year by Mr Tim Godfrey, a grandson of Sir Nigel Gresley. It was declared the overall winner in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon competition 2009<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref>.
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