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}}[[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 is the oldest bogie coach on the SVR. It is mounted on 8 foot American bogies.  ==2426 in service==2426 was built at Swindon in 1910 at Swindonas part of Lot 1167 to Diagram C30. Originally the coach would have seated 64 passengersin eight compartments and included a toilet at each end. Eight doors per side were included, located in and opposite each compartment.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.40.</ref> It was used on passenger services until May 1952.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/stock_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 renumbered W9918Wliving areas. Many of these camping coaches were removed in the 1960s, and 2426 was then used by the BR(W) Signal and Telegraph department, before being withdrawn in the early 1970s and placed in store at Swindon. <gallery>File:GWR2426Condemned.jpg | 2426 shortly after its arrival on the SVR in condemned condition. </gallery>

2426 was purchased by SVR(H) in 1972 for use as volunteer dormitory accommodation, and . It was initially used for that purpose at [[Bridgnorth]] before moving to [[Hampton Loade]] in 1988, 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 is the oldest bogie coach on the SVR, and is owned by 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 [[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 5043 Full 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>.

*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]

<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=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]