GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake
GWR Churchward toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 1145 was built in 1922. Originally it had a corridor to allow passengers to pass through, but this was removed when the coach was transferred into departmental use for delivering DMU parts to Swindon Works.
1145 arrived on the SVR from Bristol in 1973. It has previously seen use as “Santa’s Grotto”, but in 2007 was moved to Bewdley where it is in use as the The Bewdley Station and LNER Coach Fund Shop.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition