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work on 4786 and 2426 continue in parallel
Ownership of 2426 has been transferred to the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]]. 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) while the Association restores [[GWR 4786 Full Third]].
The Association's long-term aim is to restore it to its original condition and to this end parts are being made and drawings are slowly being found to aid restoration. In March 2017 2426 spent a few weeks in the siding on [[Sandbourne Viaduct]] at [[Bewdley]] before moving into [[Bewdley Down Yard]] for conservation work including frame, body panel and window repairs for which occasional updates . In October 2022 the Association announced that work on 4786 and 2426 continue in parallel, initially concentrating on the underframe and internal fittings. Updates are issued on the [httpshttp://www.facebookgw-svr-a.org.comuk/groups/1802133566694120 GW(SVR)A Facebook page2426-restoration.html website]. Work carried out in early 2019 included making new coving for the corridor and both the new distant switch and regulator cupboard.<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref> Summer 2021 saw only one upper panel remaining to be bedded in mastic<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1802133566694120 Price, G. J., GW(SVR)A Facebook post, 17 June 2021] (Retrieved 10 August 2021)</ref>pages.
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