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}}This carriage was built in 1895 by Ashbury’s of Manchester for the Barry Railway in South Wales, where it was originally numbered 15and later 163. It is a composite carriage having two first class and three second class compartments. Following withdrawal by the GWR as number 6058 in 1928, the coach was used as a holiday home in the Clent Hills until 1992. It was then rescued for restoration at Hampton Loade.

== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in service ==The carriage body is now mounted on Barry Railway became part of the underframe of an ex-SR Guards and Luggage van (type BY), built at Eastleigh GWR in 1937 and originally numbered C 436April 1922, later which saw 163 re-numbered ADB975140 as GWR 6058. The coach continued in use for departmental use a further 6 years before being withdrawn from service by BR. This was initially preserved in 1994 at the Gwili Railway, but the body was scrapped GWR in 2003 when the underframe was moved to Hampton Loade 1928 as a donor for 163more modern carriages came into use.

== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation ==Following withdrawal, the coach body and that of sister coach 164 were used as a holiday home in the Clent Hills until 1992. 163 was then rescued for restoration at [[Hampton Loade]] along with parts from 164 which had already been broken up.  The carriage body is now mounted on the underframe of an ex-SR Guards and Luggage van (type BY), built at Eastleigh in 1937 and originally numbered C 436, later numbered ADB975140 for departmental use by BR. This was initially preserved in 1994 at the Gwili Railway, but the body was later scrapped and the underframe acquired and moved to Hampton Loade in February 2001 as a donor for 163. After the underframe was shortened, the body of 163 was mounted on it in August 2003 with the aid of the Bridgnorth steam crane. In addition to being mounted on the donor underframe, the carriage's internal partitions have been reinstated and much of the bodywork repaired. Restoration The [[Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] was formed in 2009 to complete the restoration, which continues at Hampton Loade station. The Trust have stated that they are aiming to get Barry Railway carriage 163 into traffic in time for its 125th birthday in 2020.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/our_project.html BRCT website 'our project' page]</ref> The carriage is one of the items to look out for in the childrens ‘I-spy’ supplement to the SVR’s [[From The Window]] booklet.

[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/ Barry Railway Carriage Trust web sitehome page]