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[[File: BR_34754_20200219.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Mess/tool van ADB 975128 at Highley]]'''The SVR Permanent Way Fund''' is associated with the acquisition of BR Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second 34754 in the late 1990s for use as a mess/tool van.
In the mid-1990s, then-Permanent Way Manager Gerry Carter began investigating the possibility of acquiring a tool/mess coach to improve the working conditions for his staff. [[BR 34754 Brake Corridor Second|BR Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second 34754]] had been converted for use as a breakdown mess & tool van by BR in the 1970, and later acquired by the North Norfolk Railway who only wanted its bogies.
The coach was inspected at Peterborough where it was in store, after which a deal was struck whereby the SVR's P-Way volunteers would purchase the coach body for £500. The entire coach including the bogies would then be transported to the SVR, with the NNR sharing the transport costs including the return of the bogies back to Norfolk.<ref >SVR News 128, pp. 36-38, ''Permanent Way Tool/Mess Van'', Cedric Jameson</ref>
The purchase was duly completed with the coach arriving on the SVR in late 1997. The following year, the SVR Stock book recorded its ownership as being by the "SVR P.Way Fund".<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> No other reports on the structure or activities of the Fund have been noted in SVR News.
== See also ==
:[[List of preservation groups]]
==References==
<references />
In the mid-1990s, then-Permanent Way Manager Gerry Carter began investigating the possibility of acquiring a tool/mess coach to improve the working conditions for his staff. [[BR 34754 Brake Corridor Second|BR Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second 34754]] had been converted for use as a breakdown mess & tool van by BR in the 1970, and later acquired by the North Norfolk Railway who only wanted its bogies.
The coach was inspected at Peterborough where it was in store, after which a deal was struck whereby the SVR's P-Way volunteers would purchase the coach body for £500. The entire coach including the bogies would then be transported to the SVR, with the NNR sharing the transport costs including the return of the bogies back to Norfolk.<ref >SVR News 128, pp. 36-38, ''Permanent Way Tool/Mess Van'', Cedric Jameson</ref>
The purchase was duly completed with the coach arriving on the SVR in late 1997. The following year, the SVR Stock book recorded its ownership as being by the "SVR P.Way Fund".<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> No other reports on the structure or activities of the Fund have been noted in SVR News.
== See also ==
:[[List of preservation groups]]
==References==
<references />
