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No 98 was purchased from Manchester Red Bank Sidings by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], arriving on 1 June 1978 still painted in BR blue livery.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref> It was used on SVR trains in 1978/79, and as [[Santa's Grotto]] in the early 1980s and . By 1981 a number of other railways had begun to offer facilities for parties with wheelchairs to travel in a suitably modified coach, leading to [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The GW(SVR)A]] setting up a project to do the same. No 98 was initially considered for this purpose but [[GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon]] was eventually chosen instead.<ref>SVR News 63</ref> No 98 subsequently served as a workshop at [[Kidderminster]].<ref>SVR News 66</ref><ref name=SB9/>