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==Preservation==
The SVR's first BR Mark 1 carriage, Corridor Second E24726 was bought by the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach|L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Dept.Fund]] in January 1972 for the 'bargain price' of £100. It saw use until circa 1980 but was then scrapped.
M9220 was the second BR Mark 1 to be preserved on the SVR,<ref name=SVRCT/> arriving from Leicester on 12 February 1973 having been privately purchased by Mr Charles Newton. Another of Charles Newton's carriages [[BR 3083 Experimental Open| Experimental Open 3083]], also arrived on the same day.<ref group="note">The Charitable Trust and SVR News both name 9220 as the second arrival and thus longest serving. The SVR Stock Book suggested 3083 was second.</ref>
Having decided on the colour, 9220 had one side painted in crimson and cream livery at Bridgnorth during the closed season of 1973-4, lined and numbered with the E prefix denoting its Eastern Region origin. After a brief period back in traffic, it was moved to Hampton Loade where the painting was finished, before returning to Bridgnorth for lining out and renumbering.<ref>SVR News 36</ref>
In 1977 9220 established another SVR first when receiving new seats from other recently withdrawn Mark 1 carriages.<ref>SVR News 43, 80 </ref> By 1979 the carriage required some panels welded and was also in dire need of a repaint. It was tentatively withdrawn in spring 1980, but made several further appearances that year, most notably behind [[2857|GWR 2-8-0 2857]] on gauging trials, before work eventually started in November. A change of ownership had seen 9220 come into the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach|L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Dept.Fund]] at Bridgnorth and its members began what became one of the first major rebuilds in the preservation era, paving the way for similar work across the country.<ref name=SVRCT/> At the time some people had expressed the opinion that that you could not chop holes in a Mark 1 carriage without distorting the framework. In the event more than 40 holes were made and repaired, varying from postcard size up to something the size of a carriage door. Two second-hand doors were acquired and fitted, all main windows were re-bedded, and the carriage repainted in the correct BR crimson and cream. The interior was also refurbished, with 9220 re-entering traffic on 27 September 1981.<ref>SVR News 59, 61</ref>
During winter 1982 9220 became the first SVR Mark I to receive rebuilt bogies. The donor set, which had been recovered from [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR # Carriages scrapped while at the SVR |M15553]], were dismantled to their component form and re-assembled with new eye-bolts, reinforced bow-girders, new brake blocks and pins and several coats of black paint.<ref>SVR News 68</ref> By 1986 9220 had established another SVR first as first Mark I to undergo professional reupholstering (and as a result the first to have a thousand pounds spent on it in one go).<ref>SVR News 80</ref> It ran initially as part of the crimson and cream 'Set C' but increasingly as the usual vehicle for Steam School and Driving Experience specials. During 1987 9220 received its third repaint since arrival on SVR, with the opportunity being taken to give attention to both guard's doors at the same time.<ref>SVR News 86, 87</ref>
