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==SVR Carriages used in revenue-earning services on the main line==
In the mid-to late 1970s the SVR provided a rake of GWR carriages for use on mainline excursions. The first rail tour used 10 carriages, subsequent excursions normally featured a rake of 11. The following carriages were used<refname = "SVRNews41">SVR News 41</ref>:
*[[GWR 5883 Brake Third]]
*[[GWR 1116 Full Third]]
*[[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]]
*[[GWR Full Third 2119]] (from 1977<ref>SVR News 44</ref>)
Rail tours recorded in SVR News as using the SVR rolling stock included the following (external links are to tour details on www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk where listed there):
*13 November 1976: Bewdley to Paddington<ref name = "SVRNews41" /> [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/761113sv.html link]
*23 April 1977: Bridgnorth-Hereford-Chester<ref>SVR News 46</ref> [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/770423sv.html link]
*3 July 1977: Paddington-Newport-Shrewsbury<ref name="SVR45">SVR News 45 </ref>[http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/770703la.html link]
*15 October 1977: ??-Liskeard<ref name="SVR45" />
*6 May 1978: Bewdley-Kingswear<Ref>SVR News 48</ref> [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/780506sv.html Link]
*4 November 1978: Bridgnorth-Pwllheli<ref>SVR News 50</ref>
However their use on the main line was short-lived; the C&W notes in SVR News for summer 1980, reporting on the SVR coaches attending the Rainhill celebrations, ended with the comment “What a pity the whole train cannot go out again”<ref>SVR News 56</ref>.
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