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==16267 in preservation==
16267 was withdrawn from service at Neville Hill, Leeds in 1983, having become surplus to requirements following the introduction of new High Speed Train stock. It was selected for preservation by the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach| L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Fund]] as being in excellent condition at the time as well as for its historical 'last one built' significance. However when the Fund's representatives arrived to examine it, it transpired that the Sales Department at Derby had failed to notify the depot and it was still in a train formation.
Having been inspected on its return, 16267 eventually arrived by rail on the SVR on 14 March 1983. It initially ran in its final Inter City blue and grey livery for some 18 months before being repainted at Bridgnorth in BR crimson and cream livery, notwithstanding that it was actually built too late to have carried it in service.<ref>SVR News 78</ref> In 1989 it received some minor welding below the 'stretcher window' and replacement of a number of the formica panels, followed by a full repaint.<ref>SVR News 92</ref>
