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Confirming the purchase, the GW(SVR)A's January 2020 Newsletter noted that "''We already own two Hawksworth Full Thirds ([[GWR 829 Full Third|829]] and [[GWR 2119 Full Third|2119]]) but lack a matching brake vehicle to enable a set to be formed to this distinctive profile. It will also fulfil a particular need on the Severn Valley Railway being able to form a large brake in Great Western Set 2 releasing Collett Brake 5883 for Great Western Set 1''".<ref name=GW2020/>
The coach required "4 to 6 months' work" to complete its restoration before [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|COVID-19]] intervened.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blnov19 Branch Lines, November 2019]</ref> In April 2020, following the completion of the restoration of [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]], the GW(SVR)A Committee agreed to bring forward the mechanical works on 2242 to help the SVR to meet some of the costs of two of the full time carriage staff during the pandemic. A consequence was that the Association would need to fund an estimated £15,000 costs.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020]</ref> The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] granted £12,000 for the work.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVRA) website, August 2020 news] (Retrieved 9 September 2020)</ref>. {{As of|From 2021}} work was paused waiting work on the roof and space in Bewdley Yard for work to continue on the interior.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GWR(SVRA) October 2022 news update] (Retrieved 14 October 2022)</ref><ref name=GW2021/>{{As of|2023|11}} that is still the case.
2242 is a sister vehicle to [[SVR(H)|SVR(H)'s]] [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]], which is used as static accommodation at Bewdley, and to [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|four other examples formerly resident on the SVR]].
