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Several The lists below also include sundry other carriages are in use as volunteer accommodation or as storage. This page includes , and [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]] such as Full Brakes and carriages adapted for use as Post Office Sorting Vans (also known as Travelling Post Offices or TPOs) and General Utility Vans (GUVs). Other goods vans and brake vans are listed under [[Goods Wagons]].
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| [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper | 10569]] || Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper || 1982 || Derby || [[Bewdley Down Yard]] || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || Chocolate & Cream livery ||Used for staff accommodation
During 2020 and 2021 and the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], to enable better social distancing coaches were marshalled to provide compartment sets for groups of four to six people, an open carriage with tables for socially distanced single travellers and groups of up to four people, and a staff vehicle. No catering was provided.
*[[BR 4545 Tourist Standard Open]]
*[[LMS 27218 Third Open]]
*[[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite]]
*[[BR 16169 Composite Corridor]]
Spare:
*[[BR 3109 First Open | BR 3109 First Open (declassified)]]
*[[BR 1856 Restaurant Miniature Buffet]] (repainted Maroon in August 2021)
Other carriages available include [[GWR 6913 Brake Composite]].
*[[GWR 3930 Full Third]](at 4 July 2023)
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The SVR has over 80 around 70 passenger carriages, <ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/Carriage-Restoration SVR Charitable Trust, ''Carriage Restoration''</ref> dating from pre-grouping to BR Mk1's of the early 1960s, with well over half of them in operational use. The carriages are normally operated in six matching sets, or rakes, although it is not uncommon to see more than one livery in a train as individual carriages are temporarily withdrawn for repair or maintenance and others are substituted or added to increase passenger capacity. Carriage sets usually consist of six to eight vehicles, although lengths up to ten carriages are not unusual. Carriage repairs and restorations are carried out at the [[Carriage Repair Works]].
The five sets in regular timetabled use are;
*Set N, LNER & GNR Teak
*Set GW2 (sometimes abbreviated to GW), GWR later period (1938 to 1947) in GWR Chocolate & Cream. The SVR is in the process of creating a second GWR set (GW1) which will consist of early (1910 to early 1930s) stock in older liveries.
Other sets and carriages in operational use are;
*Autotrailers [[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third|178]] and [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third|238]], two carriages suitable for push-pull trains.
==GWR (and constituents) Designed Coaches==
| [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | 238]] || Autotrailer Third || 1954 || Swindon || In service || [[Pull Push Limited]] || BR Maroon || Carries the name 'Chaffinch' || Hawksworth
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| [[GWR 261 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake | 261]] || Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake || 1922 || Swindon ||Highley || Mike Walker || GWR Brown || Used for staff accommodation || Churchward
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| [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion) | 650]] || Brake Third Open (Excursion) || 1940 || Swindon || In service || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 829 Full Third | 829]] || Full Third || 1948 1947 || Swindon || In service || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1942-47 || || Hawksworth
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| [[GWR 1086 Full Third | 1086]] || Full Third || 1938 || Swindon || In service || Member of the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 1116 Full Third | 1116]] || Full Third || 1938 || Swindon || In service || Member of the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 1146 Full Third | 1146]] || Full Third || 1938 || Swindon || In service || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
| [[GWR 1399 Milk Brake | 1399]]|| Milk Brake || 1921 || Swindon || Bewdley || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR Brown || In use as the [[Bewdley Station Fund Shop]] || Churchward
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| [[GWR Full Third 2119 | 2119]] || Full Third || 1949 || Gloucester|| Kidderminster Bewdley Down Yard || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || || Stored at Kidderminster Awaiting overhaul || Hawksworth
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| [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third | 2233]] || Corridor Brake Third || 1950 || Saltley|| Bewdley || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || None || Used as staff accommodation || Hawksworth
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| [[GWR 2242 Corridor Brake Third | 2242]]|| Corridor Brake Third || 1950 || Saltley|| Kidderminster || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || None || Undergoing restoration Restoration paused || Hawksworth
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| [[GWR 2426 Toplight Full Third | 2426]] || Toplight Full Third || 1910 || Swindon || [[Bewdley Down Yard]] || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1934-42 || Oldest bogie coach on the SVR. Awaiting Undergoing restoration, some frame repairs made in 2019. || Churchward
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| [[GWR 3930 Full Third | 3930]] || Toplight Full Third || 1915 || Swindon || In service || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1922-27 || || Churchward
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| [[GWR 4786 Full Third | 4786]] || Full Third || 1926 || Swindon || Bewdley Down Yard || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] ||(Restoration) || Restoration commenced October 2018 Undergoing restoration || Collett
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| [[GWR 5804 Brake Third | 5804]] || Brake Third || 1934|| Swindon || Bewdley || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || Ambulance Car || [[SVR Apprentices]] coach || Collett
| [[GWR 9369 Nondescript Saloon | 9369]] || Nondescript Saloon || 1923 || Swindon || Kidderminster || [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car| 9581]] || Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car || 1928 || Swindon || Bewdley Down Yard || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || || Formerly GWR 5043 Full Third, under conversion to Wheelchair/Buffet || Collett
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| [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First | 9615]] || Kitchen Diner First || 1932 || Swindon || Kidderminster|| [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || ||Major repairs commenced October 2017 and mothballed 2022 || Collett
| [[GWR 9627 Restaurant Third | 9627]] || Restaurant Third || 1932 || Swindon || In service || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 9653 Restaurant Third | 9653]] || Restaurant Third || 1925 || Swindon || In service || [[National Railway Museum]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 9654 Restaurant Third | 9654]] || Restaurant Third || 1925 || Swindon || Kidderminster In service || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || GWR 1934-42 || || Collett
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| [[GWR 80969 Inspection Saloon | 80969]] || Inspection Saloon || 1948 || Swindon || In service || Geoff Page || GWR 1942-47 || || Hawksworth
| [[LNER 24506 Brake Third | 24506]] || Brake Third Corridor || 1943 || York || In service|| [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] || LNER || Converted from Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van 70759
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| [[LNER 43600 Open Third |43600]] || Open Third || 1934 || York || In service || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] || LNER || Interior recently upgraded in LNER style
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| [[LNER 43612 Open Third | 43612]] || Open Third || 1934 || York || Bewdley paintshop || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] || LNER || Commenced overhaul 2022
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| [[BR 9220 Brake Standard Open | 9220]] || Brake Standard Open || 1955 || Doncaster || In service || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] || BR Crimson & Cream ||
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| [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper | 10696]] || Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper || 1983 || Derby || [[Bewdley Down Yard]] || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || Inter City livery || Used for staff accommodation
| [[BR 34606 Brake Corridor Second | 34606]] || Brake Corridor Second|| 1955 || Gloucester || Kidderminster || [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || Royal Mail Maroon || Numbered DB 975481. Used at Kidderminster in conjunction with [[Christmas services|Santa Special services]].
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| [[BR 34754 Brake Corridor Second | 34754]] || Brake Corridor Second || 1955 || Wolverton || Engineers || [[The SVR Permanent Way Fund ]]|| BR Maroon || Now used as Engineers Mess and Tool Van, numbered DB 975128
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| [[BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second | 35219]] || Brake Corridor Second || 1958 || Wolverton || In service || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] || BR Maroon ||
| [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed | 80776]] || Brake Gangwayed || 1956 || BRCW || || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd |The SVR Charitable Trust]] || BR(W) Chocolate & Cream || [[:Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|Modified as wheelchair dining car]] for use on the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set.
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| [[BR 81013 Brake Gangwayed | 81013]] || Brake Gangwayed || 1956 || York || Kidderminster|| [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] || BR Maroon || Used until 2018 as [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] during December.
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| [[BR 86105 General Utility Van | 86105]] || General Utility Van || 1958 || Pressed Steel || Bewdley || [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] || BR Maroon || [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund | EMF]] sales coach
==The carriage sets==
The individual carriages used to make up any set can vary from day to day depending on availability and operational requirements. It is usual to see the brake, buffet and [[:Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|disabled access carriage]] located in the centre of each set. There is a spare brake vehicle available for each of the main sets.
The below relates to normal services. All sets are listed in order starting with the carriage nearest Kidderminster.
===Set C===
British Railways Crimson & Cream (at 25 May 20224 July 2023)*[[BR 4509 4545 Tourist Standard Open]]*[[BR 16202 Composite 25498 CorridorSecond]]
*[[BR 1853 Restaurant Miniature Buffet]]
*[[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open]] - [[:Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|Modified for disabled access]]
*[[BR 34562 35219 Brake Corridor Second Corridor | ]]*[[BR 34562 Brake Standard 16202 Composite Corridor]]
*[[BR 4345 Tourist Standard Open]]
===Set L===
LMS Crimson Lake (at 11 March 18 August 2022; not in regular use in 2023)
*[[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor]]
*[[LMS 12992 Corridor Third | LMS 12992 Third Corridor]]
*[[LMS 149 Buffet Car]]
===Set M===
British Railways Maroon (at 20227 July 2023)*[[BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second 3109 First Open | BR 35219 Brake Standard 3109 First Open (declassified)]]*[[BR 25771 CorridorSecond]]
*[[BR 25346 Standard Corridor]]
*[[BR 1855 Restaurant Miniature Buffet]]
*[[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open | BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open]] - [[:Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|Modified for disabled access]]
*[[BR 21254 Brake Composite Corridor]]
*[[BR 25771 16169 Composite Corridor Second]]
*[[BR 4550 Tourist Standard Open]]
===Set N===
LNER Teak (at 11 March 20227 July 2023)*[[BR 3083 Experimental 4509 Tourist Standard Open]] (from set MC)
*[[LNER 43600 Open Third | LNER 43600 Tourist Third Open]]
*[[LNER 643 Buffet | LNER 643 Restaurant Buffet]]
*[[LNER 24506 Brake Third | LNER 24506 Brake Third Open]]
*[[LNER 52255 Open Third | LNER 52255 Tourist Third Open]]
*[[BR 3083 Experimental Open]] (from set M) [[GNR 2701 Composite Corridor]]is usually part of this set.
For the Pacific Power event in September 2016, a 9 coach teak set was utilised with [[LNER 7960 Kitchen Composite|7960]], the first time such a set has been put together since the 2 May 1964<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=51701#51701 SVRA Forum]</ref> - by this point, the coaches had been painted in BR maroon, and it is thought the last time a 9 coach set in varnished teak livery was seen was in the early 1950s.
===Set GW2===
Great Western Chocolate & Cream, later 1938 to 1947 liveries (at 25 May 18 August 2022; not in regular use in 2023)
*[[GWR 7284 Composite | GWR 7284 Composite Corridor]]
*[[GWR 1146 Full Third | GWR 1146 Third Corridor]]
*[[GWR 1116 Full Third | GWR 1116 Third Corridor]]
*[[GWR 6562 Brake Composite]]
*[[GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon]] - [[:Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|Modified for disabled access]]
*[[GWR 829 Full Third]]
The SVR website pages giving details of carriage sets in use on a day to day may refer to this set as simply "GW".
The current conversion project for [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car | 9581]] will add a GWR wheelchair/dining vehicle to this set.<ref>SVR News 204</ref>
===Set S===
Great Western Chocolate & Cream, not in regular use in 2023
*[[GWR 9653 Restaurant Third]]
*[[BR 1667 Restaurant Buffet|BR 1667 Kitchen Car]]
===Set VV===
Not in regular use in 2023
*[[BR 3103 First Open]]
*[[BR 1682 Restaurant Buffet]]
===Set Toplights===
*[[GWR 9103 Nondescript Saloon]]
*[[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]]
Not in regular use in 2023 - [[GWR 3930 Full Third]]
[[GWR 4786 Full Third]] is currently under restoration for use with the Toplight set.
