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|othernos = 39035, W1399W, 079062

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}}[[File:GWR_1399_20150307.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1399 in use as the GW(SVR)A shop, March 2015]]'''GWR Churchward Milk Brake (BY) No 1399 was ''' is one of a batch of four short-wheelbase vehicles built by the GWR at Swindon during the First World War for use as a Pharmacy Car 39035,in an ambulance train. It has a length of just 29ft 4in and a weight of 12t 11cwt.<refname=Longworth143>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.143.</ref> and The brown livery denotes it as "[[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock]]", meaning that as it was fitted with its present body in 1921 for use as a milk train brake van for carrying milk churns. It was later used for general parcels traffic before being transferred into departmental use as number 079062 at Worcester in 1958vacuum brakes, from where it was brought allowed to the run as part of an express passenger train<ref name=SB9>SVR in 1967.Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Service==The coach entered service as Pharmacy Car 39035,<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> and was renumbered 1399 in December 1918 and converted for use as a milk train brake van.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/1399.html GW(SVR)A 1399 is sited page]</ref><ref name=Longworth143/><ref group="note">Both Longworth and the GW(SVR)A refer to December 1918. The SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition and RHRCS both give a date of 1921.</ref> It was later used for general parcels traffic<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> before being renumbered 079062 in October 1959<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.172.</ref> for Departmental use at Worcester. ==Preservation==1399 was brought to the SVR from Worcester on 18 September 1967 having been privately acquired by Mr SHP Higgins. It was initially restored to GWR wartime brown livery and saw regular use in works trains.<ref>SVR Stock Book Sixth Edition.</ref> During the winter season, when works trains were run each Sunday, the late Charlie Greenacre developed the idea of cooking a midday stew for the 20 or so members of the Bridgnorth PW gang and a mobile "kitchen" was assembled in 1399 for this purpose.<ref>SVR News 99, ‘Charlie Greenacre, an appreciation by Roger Norfolk’</ref>  By 1980 the ownership had been transferred from the late Mr Higgins to the ‘1399 Group’.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref> Ownership would in turn be assumed by the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]]. A major overhaul at Bewdley Cattle Dock where began in early 1984,<ref>SVR News 71, Spring 1984</ref> with the intention of converting the vehicle internally for use as the [[The Great Western (SVR) Association Shop]] and also for its possible use in the upcoming ‘Rocket 150’ celebrations at Swindon the following year. As often, the overhaul became ‘''a real nightmare job''’ requiring repairs to much of the wooden frame and replacement of many steel sheets.<ref>SVR News 173, Autumn 1984</ref> The work was completed by summer 1985; the cancellation of the Swindon event meaning it is could be moved to its new permanent home in the cattle dock at Bewdley for use as a sales stand to begin.<ref>SVR News 77</ref>  In 1999 1399 was to be moved into the [[Bewdley Goods Shed]] so the GW(SVR)A could re-canvas the roof.<ref>SVR News 130, Summer 1999</ref> Further restoration work was also required which was completed during 2001-2 including repanelling and repainting, fitting of new steel panels to the doors and new gutters.<ref>SVR News 142, Winter 2002-3</ref> After serving as the Great Western (SVR) Association shop for many years, 1399 become [[Bewdley Station Fund Shop]] in 2016 in a swap of roles which saw the larger [[GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake|sales coach1145]] by assume the role of GW(SVR)A shop. 1399 is sited in Bewdley Station FundCattle Dock.

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*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=113 1399 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/1399.html 1399 on gw-svr-a.org.uk]

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