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|construc = Pressed Steel
|status = Static use
|carno = 86105M86105|livery = BR Maroon|othernos = 93105, M86105M93105
|designed =
|diagram = 811
|lot = 30417
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type GUV|GUV]]
|topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type GUV|NKV]]
|seats = None
|built = 1958
}}86105 is a BR Mark 1 General Utility Van. These vehicles were built for use on express passenger services as well as parcels and freight trains, and were classed as [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock]]. The side doors allowed loading of containerised mail and parcels and newspapers. The GUVs were 'through piped' for use on steam heated services, although they were not themselves steam heated.<ref name=SVR>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>
==80328 in service and preservationService==BR General Utility Van (GUV) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958 to diagram Diagram 811(NK501), lot Lot 30417.It initially carried the number M86105, being allocated to the Midland Region, before receiving a new number of M93105 as part of a general reorganisation of [[TOPS codes]] in December 1983. It was withdrawn from service in December 1992<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.219.</ref> . It was preserved in October 1992, arriving ==Preservation==The SVR stock book states that the Van arrived from Radyr, Waleson 12 October 1992 (this precedes the withdrawal date given in [[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth]]). By 1999 it had been restored to 1958 maroon passenger livery and sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it was put to use as a [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund sales coach|sales coach]] by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. It continues in in use in this role and is seen painted in unlined BR Maroon livery.
==See also==
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2359 86105 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>
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