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[[File:Preserved coach at Hampton Loade - geograph.org.uk - 1709969.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Barry Railway Carriage 163 (Wikimedia Commons)]]
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Barry Railway Carriage Trust was formed in 2009 to restore and operate former [[Barry Railway Carriage 163]] on the Severn Valley Railway. [[Barry Railway Carriage 163 | 163]] itself was rescued in 1992 and was in private ownership before its transfer to the newly-formed Trust.  
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'''Barry Railway Carriage Trust''' was formed in 2009 to restore and operate former [[Barry Railway Carriage 163]] on the Severn Valley Railway. [[Barry Railway Carriage 163 | 163]] itself was rescued in 1992 and was in private ownership before its transfer to the newly-formed Trust.  
  
 
The Trust is located at [[Hampton Loade | Hampton Loade station]], where they have a [[The Barry Railway Carriage Trust Sales Van | sales van]] and workshop base.
 
The Trust is located at [[Hampton Loade | Hampton Loade station]], where they have a [[The Barry Railway Carriage Trust Sales Van | sales van]] and workshop base.
  
It is a membership body by subscription, and publishes an annual newsletter 'The Barry Octopus'. The Trust is "working towards the aim of becoming a Charity and have [sic] made several steps towards this goal."
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Until 2018 it was a membership body by subscription. It then became a supporters' organisation with no membership, due to the membership secretary departing for other projects and no replacement being forthcoming.<ref>Trust Facebook post 14 August 2019 (Retrieved 23 April 2020)</ref> It publishes an annual newsletter 'The Barry Octopus'. The Trust is "working towards the aim of becoming a Charity and have made several steps towards this goal."
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==Leaving the SVR==
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With volunteers' progress hampered by working in the open air, plus the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|Covid lockdowns and other imposed restrictions]], progress slowed. Consequently, with restoration work needing to be re-done as well as the ongoing restoration still to progress, limited potential usage on the SVR and no undercover storage, in 2022 the Trust and Railway agreed that 163 will leave the Railway. The trustees intend either the team continues restoring the coach on another nearby site, or the vehicle is transferred to a new owner with similar aims and for restoration work to continue<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/BarryRailwayCarriageTrust/photos/a.510853185709465/4949080231886716 Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 30 April 2022]</ref>.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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==References==
 
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==Links==
 
[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/ Barry Railway Carriage Trust Web site]
 
[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/ Barry Railway Carriage Trust Web site]

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BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation. Railway Carriage 163

BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation. Railway Carriage Trust was formed in 2009 to restore and operate former Barry Railway Carriage 163 on the Severn Valley Railway. 163 itself was rescued in 1992 and was in private ownership before its transfer to the newly-formed Trust.

The Trust is located at Hampton Loade station, where they have a sales van and workshop base.

Until 2018 it was a membership body by subscription. It then became a supporters' organisation with no membership, due to the membership secretary departing for other projects and no replacement being forthcoming.[1] It publishes an annual newsletter 'The BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation. Octopus'. The Trust is "working towards the aim of becoming a Charity and have made several steps towards this goal."

Leaving the SVRSevern Valley Railway

With volunteers' progress hampered by working in the open air, plus the Covid lockdowns and other imposed restrictions, progress slowed. Consequently, with restoration work needing to be re-done as well as the ongoing restoration still to progress, limited potential usage on the SVRSevern Valley Railway and no undercover storage, in 2022 the Trust and Railway agreed that 163 will leave the Railway. The trustees intend either the team continues restoring the coach on another nearby site, or the vehicle is transferred to a new owner with similar aims and for restoration work to continue[2].

See also

List of preservation groups

References

  1. Trust Facebook post 14 August 2019 (Retrieved 23 April 2020)
  2. Barry Railway Carriage Trust on Facebook, 30 April 2022

Links

Barry Railway Carriage Trust Web site