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{{Infobox carriage
|image = GWR_2119_20200808.jpg |caption = 2119 in Bewdley Yard, August 2020
|construc = GRCW Gloucester
|status = OverhaulStored
|carno = 2119
|othernos = W2119W, 99239
|lot = 1720
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type TK|TK]]
|length = 64ft 0in
|weight = 31t 14cwt
|built = 1949
|seats = 64 third
2119 was purchased direct from passenger service, arriving on the SVR from Didcot on 28 August 1968 and receiving full GWR livery in 1979.<ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It was also used as part of the SVR's [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR main line set]], for which it was allocated TOPS number 99239,<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> as well as on the SVR itself.
In October 2017, 2119 was moved outside the joinery shop at [[BewdleyDown Yard]] for a long overdue overhaul to begin, the vehicle having been in store for about thirty years.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461&start=45 SVROnline forum]</ref><ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> There Priority was no significant progress in early 2019 with priority being given to the major repair of [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]]; the next task on 2119 being was the planned removal of the floor during the summer2019.<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref>, It is owned by the [[Great Western (SVR) AssocAssociation]]. | By 2022 work on 9615 was paused, but work on 2119 had not started. It was mooted that [[The Great Western LNER (SVR) AssociationCoach Fund]] may take this as a project after [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car| 9581]].
==See also==
*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
==References==
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[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
[[Category: Carriage Type TK]]
