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|image = 2242_Mick_Haynes_29.10.19.jpg|caption = GWR 2242 Corridor Brake Third at Kidderminster on 29 October 2019. Mick Haynes

Following Denis’s sad passingHowells' death, it was offered for sale in summer 2019. An offer from the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.| Great Western (SVR) Association]] was accepted in October 2019 and the coach was moved to the SVR on 29 October. An appeal for funds raised £24, requiring 4 to 6 months' work to complete its restoration150 net of gift aid.<refname=GW2021>GW(SVR)A accounts and annual return 31 March 2021, via [https://wwwregister-of-charities.svrlivecharitycommission.comgov.uk/charity-search/-/blnov19 Branch Lines, November 2019]<charity-details/3964292/ref> Confirming accounts-and-annual-returns the purchase, the GWCharity Commission] (SVRRetrieved 24 November 2021)A's January 2020 Newsletter noted that "''We already own two Hawksworth Full Thirds ([[GWR 829 Full Third|829]] and [[GWR 2119 Full Third|2119]]) but lack a matching brake vehicle to enable a set to be formed to this distinctive profile. It will also fulfil a particular need on the Severn Valley Railway being able to form a large brake in Great Western Set 2 releasing Collett Brake 5883 for Great Western Set 1''".</ref name=GW2020/>

In April 2020, following the completion of Confirming the restoration of [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]]purchase, the GW(SVR)A Committee agreed to bring forward the mechanical works on 2242 to help the SVR to meet some of the costs of 's January 2020 Newsletter noted that "''We already own two of the full time carriage staff during the Hawksworth Full Thirds ([[GWR 829 Full Third|829]] and [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemicGWR 2119 Full Third|2119]]) but lack a matching brake vehicle to enable a set to be formed to this distinctive profile. A consequence was that It will also fulfil a particular need on the Association would need Severn Valley Railway being able to fund an estimated cost of £15,000form a large brake in Great Western Set 2 releasing Collett Brake 5883 for Great Western Set 1''".<ref>[http:/name=GW2020/www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020]</ref>

The coach required "4 to 6 months' work" to complete its restoration before [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|COVID-19]] intervened.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blnov19 Branch Lines, November 2019]</ref> In April 2020, following the completion of the restoration of [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]], the GW(SVR)A Committee agreed to bring forward the mechanical works on 2242 to help the SVR to meet some of the costs of two of the full time carriage staff during the pandemic. A consequence was that the Association would need to fund an estimated £15,000 costs.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020]</ref> The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] granted £12,000 for the work.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVRA) website, August 2020 news] (Retrieved 9 September 2020)</ref>. {{As of|2021}} work was paused waiting work on the roof and space in Bewdley Yard for work to continue on the interior.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GWR(SVRA) October 2022 news update] (Retrieved 14 October 2022)</ref><ref name=GW2021/> 2242 is a sister vehicle to [[SVR(H)|SVR(H)'s]] [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] , which is used as static accommodation at Bewdley, and to [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|four other examples formerly resident on the SVR]].

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