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GWR 261 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake

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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR Churchward 57 Passenger Brake No.261 (7047804459).jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = GWR toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake 261 (Wikimedia Commons)|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Static use|carno = 261|othernos = W261, W261W|designed = Churchward|diagram = K22|lot = 1281|cartype = Snake C, [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|BG]]|length = 56ft 11¼in|weight = |seats = None|built = 1922|years1 = 1982|events1 = Entered preservation|years2 = 1996|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GWR Churchward toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 261 was built in 1922. It was first preserved in 1982 by the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway for potential use as a catering vehicle. It moved to Sister [[GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake|1145]] is also on the SVR in March 1996, then privately owned. It is now Accommodation consisted of a guard’s compartment situated adjacent between two luggage vans, with a corridor along one side to Highley Signal Box, where it is used for temporary overnight accommodationallow passengers to pass through.
It was first preserved in 1982 by the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway for potential use as a catering vehicle. It moved to the SVR, arriving on 19 March 1996, and was then privately owned. It is now situated adjacent to [[Highley signal box]], where it is used for temporary overnight accommodation. ==SourcesSee also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=62 261 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>
==See also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>: [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | Previous ]]<br>: [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion) | Next ]]{{CarriageNavbox}}
[[Category: Carriage Type BG]]
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