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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
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|status = Static use
|carno = 2233
|othernos = 150401W2233W, DW150401
|designed = Hawksworth
|diagram = D133
|weight = 31t 2cwt
|built = 1950
|seats = None (64 32 third as built)
|years1 = 1990
|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR
|years6 =
|events6 =
}}'''Corridor Brake Third (BTK) 2233 ''' was one part of 150 originally Lot 1732 to Diagram D133, the last Lot ordered by the GWR.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 155.</ref> It was a Hawksworth design and was built for BR (W) by Metro Cammell in 1950 . In addition to a GWR Hawksworth design. As built the guard’s compartment it had four third class compartments seating 32, with one toilet. It was later relegated to departmental use as a breakdown train riding van, being renumbered DW 150401 (Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey; SVR stockbook states 150461).
==Service== W2233W, as it was [[Carriage and Wagon numbering|numbered by BR(W)]], entered service in October 1952. On 5th March 1966 it formed part of a Great Western Society special to the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.<ref>''The S&D Telegraph''. The journal of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, February 2021 issue</ref> In November 1966 it was renumbered DW150401 having been converted for Departmental use as an RCE staff and dormitory coach. It was withdrawn from that role in 1990.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.175.</ref> ==Preservation==2233 was one of four such coaches purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] in 1990, arriving from Radyr on 30 August, the others being [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|2148, 2214 and 2218]]. Originally it was all four were intended primarily as for breaking up to provide a source of bogie spare wheelsets and other spares. However, but the body has been retained wheelsets proved little better than those they were intended to replace.<ref>SVR News 137, p.76.</ref> The [[Severn Valley Railway Association#SVRA raffles|SVRA organised various raffles]] to raise funds for converting coaches for volunteer dormitory sleeping accommodation at Bewdley and Kidderminster to replace the long-serving 9082 and 9084. 2233 was the vehicle selected to become the 'new' accommodation at Bewdley. The design consisted of five double-berth compartments for occupation by regular working volunteers, while at either end there would be berths for occasional visiting volunteers in common rooms of four berths and six berths respectively. A kitchen/dining area suitable for light snacks was included, using original compartments as much as possibletogether with the facility to add a toilet at a later date. The end corridor connections have been were blanked off. The work was completed in 1996, with 2233 becoming available for use in January, 1997.<ref>SVR News 127</ref> 9082 was subsequently deemed 'surplus to requirements' and left the SVR in 2005. The 1999 stock book suggested that another of the batch of four was earmarked for a similar conversion for use at Kidderminster. In the event, 2214 was scrapped in 1999 with the bogies, drawgear and doors being saved, while 2148 and 2218 left for a private site in Kidderminster on 25 July 2001 where they were subsequently scrapped. [[GWR 9084 First Sleeper|9084]] continued in use as sleeping accommodation at Kidderminster, where it may still be seen in the bay platform.
Sister vehicle [[GWR 2242 Corridor Brake Third]] moved to the SVR in 2019.
==References==
==Links==
[[Category: Carriage Type BTK]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]
[[Category:Featured articles]]
[[Category: Carriages used for volunteer staff accommodation]]