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GWR 238 Autotrailer Third

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Many Autocoaches were rebuilt from [[GWR Steam Railmotor | steam railmotors]], although both examples on the SVR were built as autocoaches from new.
W238 ==W238W in service==W238W was built at Swindon in 1954, after nationalisation, to a Hawksworth design. It was originally preserved at the Paignton & Dartmouth, before moving to the Dean Forest railway in May 2008. The Severn Valley Carriage Restoration Department at Bewdley carried out a full restoration as a contract job, which was completed by June 2011. This included a repaint into early 1960s BR lined maroon livery and application of the name "Chaffinch" (as intended when originally built, but never carried).
W238 ==W238W in preservation==It was originally preserved at the Paignton & Dartmouth, before moving to the Dean Forest railway in May 2008. [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]] carried out a full restoration as a contract job, which was completed by June 2011. This included a repaint into early 1960s BR lined maroon livery and application of the name "Chaffinch" (as intended when originally built, but never carried).  W238W moved to the SVR in March 2014 along with Mike Little’s other autocoach [[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third | 178]] and auto-fitted locomotive [[GWR 1450]]. It usually sees use on local trains at galas, on footplate experience workings and on charters. It joins [[GWR 1450|1450]] at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's 'Cotswold Festival of Steam gala' from 27-29 May 2017.<ref>[http://gwsrsteamloco.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/gala-loco-announcements.html Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway blog 13 March 2017] (Retrieved 13 March 2017)</ref>
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