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Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper

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distinguish SLE and SLEP versions
BR Mk 3a coaching stock entered service between 1975 and 1988. It featured a monocoque construction with an all-welded mild steel stressed skin, and was air-braked. These features make it unsuitable for operational use on a heritage railway such as the SVR. However the SVR has acquired a number of Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper with Pantry (SLEP) carriages which are used as temporary accommodation. They are of two varieties, the Sleeper Either class (SLE) and the Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP).
{| class="wikitable"
! Number !! Version !! Built !! Build location !! To SVR by !! Current or usual location !! Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
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|10569 || SLEP || 1982 || Derby || May 2007|| [[Bewdley]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3512 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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|10606 || SLEP || 1982 || Derby || || [[Kidderminster]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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|10696 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007|| Bewdley || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3521 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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|10713 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007 || Kidderminster [[Diesel Depot]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5495 10713 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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|}
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
[[Category: Carriage Type SLE / SLEP]]
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