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→Former Mk 3a coaching stock: Info on scrapped 10677
Two other Mk 3a Convertible Sleepers were previously resident but have since been scrapped:
*10677: This vehicle reportedly arrived on the SVR circa 2010.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5257 Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey 10677]</ref> Ten Mk. 3a Sleepers were exported to Denmark in 1987 and the saw regular use between Kobenhavn H., Aarhus and Aalborg C, and later on seasonal snow and ski trips from Copenhagen to Innsbrucke, before being declared surplus by Danish Railways following the opening of the Great Belt crossing. Danish Railways 50 86 7572 077-7 and the others were purchased by Angel Trains Contracts and returned via the Channel Tunnel, and on 30 November 1998 they were hauled by 47286 from Dollands Moor to MOD Kineton for storage.<ref>[https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mark-3-sleeping-cars-used-in-denmark.93214/ Railforums.co.uk]</ref> 10677 arrived at the SVR around May 2010 for spares recovery. It was stripped for spares at Kidderminster, the body leaving by low loader in April 2014 for cutting up at Lye.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1790&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 SVR forum]</ref><ref Name=DW>Confirmed by David Williams, 15 January 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/573173142789869/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=4761997193907422 Bendall, Simon via MK1. MK2. MK3. MK4. MK5. COACHES on Facebook]</ref>
*10606: SLEP built in 1982 at Derby.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 10606 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref> Photographed at Kidderminster in 2015 (see below), it has since been stripped for spares and by December 2017 had been sent to Kingsbury for cutting up.<ref Name=DW/><ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey 10606]</ref>
