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==Preservation==
12992 was purchased from Plymouth by the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach| LMS & BR Coach Fund]] after a "£1 per head" appeal.<ref>SVR News 26</ref> The only other surviving BRC&W example of the type, 13045, was acquired from Derby St Mary's by a Fund member and both carriages arrived on the SVR on 9 December 1972.<ref>SVR News 26</ref>
It was tentatively arranged for 12992 to visit the Derby Litchurch Lane Carriage Works Open Day on 11 August 1973, together with [[48773|8F 8233]], [[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor|corridor brake third 26986]] and [[LMS 2886 Six-wheel Passenger Brake (later 32919) |"Stove R" 32919]]. Work was underway at Bewdley, but by July 12992 was still in need of new corner posts and rebuilding at one end, so [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite|24617]] was sent instead.<ref>SVR News 29</ref> The restoration was completed in early 1974 with 12992 being turned out in LMS 1947 livery.<ref>SVR News 31</ref>
In September 2002 12992 was again at Kidderminster, where the plumbing hoses were renewed and a frost damaged lavatory recommissioned. On this occasion the compartment side was fully repainted while the corridor side which was fully repainted in 1997 only required some colour patching and two coats of varnish.<ref>SVR News 139</ref> 12992 was re-varnished at Bewdley in 2006.<ref>SVR News 163</ref>
In 2007 the former owning group, the LMS L.M.S. & BR B.R. Coach Fund, donated all its vehicles to the SVR Rolling Stock Trust (now the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]]), becoming a department of the Trust from that time.
In summer 2008 12992 returned to Kidderminster Carriage works for a planned brake overhaul and bogie work. Brake pins and linkages were renewed and machined. At the same time the seats were re-covered by the regular contractor using reproduction 1949 LMS moquette provided by the Trust. Paint shop staff re-bedded all the sliding window glasses and fitted or adjusted skates and springs on the windows. 12992 was completed but not required for that year's Santa Services so spent winter 2008-09 in the [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed|carriage shed]].<ref>SVR News 164</ref><ref>SVR Charitable Trust</ref>
