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|years1 = 19721952|events1 = Entered preservation on SVRWithdrawn from passenger service|years2 = 1972|events2 = Entered preservation on SVR

}}[[File:GWR2426-03032018.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bodyside frame components for GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car being trial assembled inside 2426 in March 2018]]'''GWR Toplight Full Third 2426 ''' was designed by G.J. Churchward and built in 1910 at Swindon. Originally is the oldest bogie coach would have seated 64 passengerson the SVR. It was converted to a camping coach in 1957, and renumbered W9918Wis mounted on 8 foot American bogies.

==2426 in service==2426 was purchased built at Swindon in 1972 for volunteer dormitory accommodation1910 as part of Lot 1167 to Diagram C30. Originally the coach seated 64 passengers in eight compartments and included a toilet at each end. Eight doors per side were included, located in and was used for that purpose at opposite each compartment.<ref>[[Hampton LoadeBibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] until mid 2016p.40. </ref> It was then moved into storage at Kidderminster, with its place at Hampton Loade taken by used on passenger services until May 1952.<ref>[[GWR 55 Ridinghttp://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/Dormitory Van | GWR Riding Van 55stock_list.html GW(SVR)A stock list]].(Retrieved 1 June 2021)</ref>

In 1952 it was converted to a camping coach and renumbered W9918W.<ref>Longworth and GW(SVR)A state it was renumbered in May 1952; SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition quotes 1957</ref> Four of the compartments became sleeping accommodation, while other compartments were removed to create kitchen and living areas. Many of these camping coaches were removed in the 1960s, and 2426 is was then used by the BR(W) Signal and Telegraph department, before being withdrawn in the oldest bogie coach early 1970s and placed in store at Swindon. <gallery>File:GWR2426Condemned.jpg | 2426 shortly after its arrival on the SVRin condemned condition.</gallery> ==2426 in preservation==2426 was purchased by SVR(H) in 1972 for use as volunteer dormitory accommodation. It was initially used for that purpose at [[Bridgnorth]] before moving to [[Hampton Loade]] in 1988, and is owned where it continued in that role until mid-2016. It was then moved into storage at [[Kidderminster]] pending overhaul, with its place at Hampton Loade being taken temporarily by [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van | GWR Riding Van 55]] until fitting out of volunteer accommodation in the station building was completed. Ownership of 2426 has been transferred to [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]]. The Association's long term aim is to restore it to its original condition. {{As of|In March 2017|03}} 2426 spent a few weeks in the siding on [[Sandbourne Viaduct]] at [[Bewdley]] before moving into the down yard [[Bewdley Down Yard]] for conservation workincluding frame and window repairs. For a few years it will become the [[The LNER Carriage Group|LNER Carriage Group's ]] workshop, replacing [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car]] (formerly 5043Full Third). The Association's long-term aim, after [[GWR 4786 Full Third]] which , is to be rebuilt as a fully wheelchair accessible saloon restore it to its original condition and to this end parts are being made and drawings are slowly being found to aid restoration. Work carried out in early 2019 included making new coving for the corridor and both the new distant switch and buffet carregulator cupboard<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref>.

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<references/>*Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>*SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>*Great Western (SVR) Association web site*Great Western (SVR) Associationinformation notice on 2426 while at Hampton Loade

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1152 1856 139 2426 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/2426.html 2426 on gw-svr-a.org.uk]