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[[File:GWR_2426_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px|right| GWR Toplight Full Third 2426]]
GWR Toplight Full Third 2426 was designed by G.J. Churchward and built in 1910 at Swindon. Originally the coach would have seated 64 passengers. It was converted to a camping coach in 1957, and renumbered W9918W.
2426 was purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] in 1972 for volunteer dormitory accommodation, and is used for that purpose at Hampton Loade. It is the oldest bogie coach on the SVR.
==Sources==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1152 1856 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
GWR Toplight Full Third 2426 was designed by G.J. Churchward and built in 1910 at Swindon. Originally the coach would have seated 64 passengers. It was converted to a camping coach in 1957, and renumbered W9918W.
2426 was purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] in 1972 for volunteer dormitory accommodation, and is used for that purpose at Hampton Loade. It is the oldest bogie coach on the SVR.
==Sources==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1152 1856 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
