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→Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation: relocated to siding
The [[Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] was formed in 2009 to complete the restoration. In addition to being mounted on the donor underframe, the carriage's internal partitions have been reinstated and much of the bodywork repaired. The Trust's aim was to get 163 into traffic in time for its 125th birthday in 2020, but this was missed.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/our_project.html BRCT website 'our project' page] (Retrieved 21 October 2022)</ref>
The carriage is was one of the items to look out for in the childrens ‘Ichildren's 'I-spy’ spy' supplement to the SVR’s SVR's [[From The Window]] booklet.
In April 2022 the owning Trust announced that they and the Railway had agreed that 163 will would leave the SVR.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/BarryRailwayCarriageTrust/photos/a.510853185709465/4949080231886716 Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 30 April 2022]</ref> In October 2022 the Trust further announced it will was to move to a new home at the Gwili Railway: transport from Hampton Loade by rail and then road to in South Wales and the Trust are waiting for a date from the SVR for when this will happen.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=479165234239537&set=a.461023969386997 Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 20 October 2022]</ref>On 29 April 2024 the carriage was lifted from the isolated section of track by Allelys' specialist lifting team and moved to the adjacent siding in preparation for a move by rail to Kidderminster and onward road transportation to a new home at the Gwili Railway<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/BarryRailwayCarriageTrust Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 1 May 2024]</ref>.
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