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GWR 4786 Full Third

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|status = Restoration in progress
|carno = 4786
|othernos = DW 150208, KDW150208
|designed = Collett
|diagram = C54
|years1 = 1986
|events1 = Arrived on SVR
|years2 = 2013|events2 = Replaced as dormitory coach|years3 = 2018|events3 = Restoration started
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}}GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 4786 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in Spring 1926 to diagram C54, lot 1369. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.  ==4786 in service==It later saw Departmental was used on cross country and express services until the late 1950s, before being converted for departmental use as No DW 150208DW150208 with S&T at Shrewsbury.
==4786 in preservation==
The coach was originally bought by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] and moved to the SVR in 1986. It was latterly used as accommodation at Kidderminsteruntil October 2013.
In March 2017 the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] exchanged [[GWR 5043 Full Third]] for 4786 with the latter becoming their next project on completion of the restoration of [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/kr-by-c-and-w SVRLive 30 March 2017]</ref> It will go towards and complete the 1920s GW set. 4786, being from 1926, will be returned to the fully lined GW livery with pseudo panelling and the ornate garter crest, as found on the 'Toplights'.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A news] (Retrieved 18 May 2017)</ref>
4786 was moved from Kidderminster to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] in October 2018 for work to begin in earnest.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A website] (Retrieved 24 September 2018)</ref><ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=56853#56853 SVR Forum, 24 September 2018]</ref> Much of the framework is in good order and the coach is fairly complete, with a surprising amount of the original having survived. Links to the GW(SVR)A 4786 restoration page and the SVR-Online 4786 restoration discussion thread are shown below.
==See also==
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