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Revision as of 17:41, 6 December 2015
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van 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 the SVRSevern Valley Railway in March 1996, then privately owned. It is now situated adjacent to Highley Signal Box, where it is used for temporary overnight accommodation.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Links
261 on vintagecarriagestrust.org