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2926 arrived on the SVR from Swindon in on 29 March 1985, having been privately purchasedby Mike Walker.<ref>Mike Walker obituary February 2023, internal NBI</ref><ref name=SB9/> Restoration began The owner commenced restoration shortly after arrival, and incorporated some parts from [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR#Carriages scrapped while at the SVR|condemned Collett brake composite 6912]] which 2926 was intended to replace. With restoration still not quite complete, 2926 was used as the exhibition vehicle for the Dedication Ceremony of [[48773|LMS 8F 48773]] as a memorial to British Military Railwaymen which took place on 27 September 1986. The restoration was finally completed the following month.<ref>SVR News 85</ref>

2926 was used at Arley as a mobile store for [[Santa's Grotto|Santa duties]] until 2018, with alternative [[Christmas services]] arrangements brought in from 2019. It is normally stored at Kidderminster at other times. Sadly, owner Mike Walker died on 14 January 2023.