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BR 16169 Composite Corridor

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No longer under restoration
==16169 in preservation==
It 16169 arrived on the SVR in on 16 August 1989 having been purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]as one of two carriages acquired to increase the available first class accommodation.<ref name=Stockbook/><ref>SVR News 92</ref> It saw use in the BR Maroon set, but by 2006 was described by the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey as "externally very shabby and due for refurbishment". In that year, while nominally still in service, a number of windows were removed and refurbished ahead of a planned overhaul and return to the maroon set.<ref>SVR News 156</ref> However in 2007 it was withdrawn from service and moved to [[Arley]] for use during the 1940s events to provide additional shelter for children should it rain. It became trapped at Arley by the [[2007 Storm Damage]], finally being moved to Kidderminster in late 2008 for a health check before returning to availability as spare vehicle for the LMS set. During that time it received some attention to compartment ceilings and veneers.<ref>SVR News 164</ref> In 2011 it was reported as still being thereback at Arley, looking "extremely tatty".<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2219 SVR Forum, 23 August 2011]</ref>
===Overhaul from 2013to 2021===By 2013 work had started, as it was reported as undergoing a light repair.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2738&highlight=16169 GM's monthly round up March 2013]</ref> It was however photographed in July 2015 stored in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed|the carriage shed]] awaiting further work. It had developed into a heavy overhaul by 2017, albeit as events permitted.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> In March 2017 16169 was moved outside [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]], initially for welding repairs, and Spring spring 2018 saw it outside the [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster paintshop]] after work to make it waterproof with a newly painted roof.In September 2019 it was in the paint shop receiving further repairs before proper painting could begin, which were completed by the end of the year. In March 2020 16169 was going onto accommodation bogies to allow its commonwealth bogies to be worked on<ref>SVR News 210, [https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461 &postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 'Kidderminster Carriage Works update, 'SVR Online Forum]</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines newsletter, 19 April 2018September 2020] (Retrieved 29 August 2020)</ref> .
==See also==
*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]
*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
==References==
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