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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

|status = Awaiting restorationRestoration

|years4 = 2020 |events4 = Restoration commenced

The coach was initially used on express services from London and the West Midlands to Wales, the South and West of England including named services such as the Cambrian Coast Express and Bristolian. As BR Mk 1 stock proliferated, it was transferred onto cross country services, before being withdrawn from passenger use in January 1966.<ref name=GW2020>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Winter 2020 edition</ref> In October 1966 it was renumbered DW 150391 and , having been converted to a Departmental vehicle for use as a mess / tool van, permanently coupled to a Plasser-Theurer ballast cleaning machine. It was withdrawn from service by BR at Cardiff Cathays in 1982<ref name=BRC>[https://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/qn_72_20.htm BRC Stockbook] retrieved 1 November 2019</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.170.</ref>.

In October 2019 Following Howells' death, it was acquired by 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 £24,150 net of gift aid.<ref name=GW2021>GW(SVR)A accounts and annual return 31 March 2021, via [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3964292/accounts-and-annual-returns the Charity Commission] (Retrieved 24 November 2021)</ref> Confirming the purchase, requiring the GW(SVR)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/> The coach required "4 to 6 months' work " to complete its restorationbefore [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|COVID-19]] intervened.<ref>[https://www. It 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> From 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/> {{As of|2023|11}} that is still the case.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVRA) website, November 2023 news update]</ref> 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]].

*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]