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==Preservation==
GE10078E was purchased for preservation from York by Dr Geoffrey Noon, but not before seats, internal doors and many fittings had been removed. It became the SVR’s first Gresley Coach when it arrived on 9 September 1972.<ref>SVR News 26</ref> In summer 1974 10078 was one four carriages requested for the following year's [[Rail 150]] event at Shildon celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Stockton and DarlingtonRailway event at Shildon,<ref>SVR News 32</ref> although the time needed for restoration meant that other carriages eventually attended instead.
By autumn 1976 10078 had received a new roof canvas and some attention to body panelling, although much re-panelling in teak-faced ply remained to be done, as did the interior refitting.<ref>SVR News 41</ref> The carriage returned to Bewdley paint shop the following summer for further work on restoration into varnished teak livery with work continuing intermittently through 1978.<ref>SVR News 44, 49</ref> After ownership passed to [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] in 1979 work was resumed on the compartments, with a small team replacing ceilings and applying new rexine to the walls and fittings. Dr. Noon had supplied many interior fittings including LNER mirrors and pictures to help with this.<ref>SVR News 54, 56</ref> Work continued slowly with all the third class walls and ceilings re-rexined and seats installed by Spring 1981.<ref>SVR News 59</ref> In April 1981 the carriage was moved into Bewdley Goods shed. By summer 1982 about three quarters of the exterior has been stripped and varnished, replacing panels as necessary using all the re-usable teak off 16600 (scrapped in 1980).<ref>SVR News 64</ref> Sapele wood was also used as a teak substitute for some of the exterior panels on cost grounds. Although still unfinished and un-numbered, the carriage was eventually pressed into service in September 1982.<ref>SVR News 66, 78</ref><ref>LNERCF & LNERCG Newsletter 53</ref>
