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In early 1975 an agreement was reached with Dr. Glynne-Jones for 8 of the 10 coaches in his ownership on the SVR to be transferred to the GWS at Didcot. In Autumn 1975 the SVR announced that agreement had further been reached for the remaining two coaches, 178 and [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite]], to be acquired from Dr. Gwynne-Jones by the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref>SVR News 35, 37</ref> By Autumn 1977 full restoration remained "a long term task",<ref>SVR Stock Book 6th edition</ref> and following "a bit of a clearout as regards coaching stock", 178 left the SVR in 1979, moving to the Dean Forest railway.<ref>SVR News 53</ref>.
178 returned to the SVR in March February 2014 <ref name=SVR186>SVR News 186</ref> along with autocoach [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | 238]] and auto-fitted locomotive [[GWR 1450]], all three vehicles being owned by [[Pull Push Limited]]<ref>Felstead, K., 'Track Record', The Railway Magazine, January 2021</ref>. Since Both autocoaches required attention on arrival, with around six volunteers working for three weeks to repair sticking doors, windows, a broken toplight, damaged tip-up seats and a leaking roof. After crew training had been carried out, the stock was used in that year's [[Spring Steam Gala]].<ref name=SVR186/> <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">1450_20140309.jpg|Crew training, 9 March 2014</gallery> During 2015 178 spent time in the scaffold painting dock on Road 4 of [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] while the Indian Red around its windows was touched up.<ref>SVR News 191</ref> Since arrival 1450 and the autocoaches have seen use on the SVR, particularly at gala eventsand footplate experiences, <ref>SVR News 187</ref> and also on hire to other railways, until the locomotive was withdrawn from traffic in December 2020 at the expiry of its boiler certificate.
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178 interior 1.JPG|Interior detail
178 interior 4.JPG|Interior detail
