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|lot = 1510
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BTK|BTK]]
|length = 57ft 0in
|weight = 29t 17cwt
|built = 1934
|seats = 32 third (as built)
In April 1945 the train was stabled at Etterbeke depot, Brussels. The nature of its duties changed to the transfer of casualties from the Brussels General Hospitals to Convalescent Hospitals at Lille and Eekloo, and also to Ostend for repatriation by sea.
Ambulance Train 34 was disbanded by the British Army Train Unit at Ostend Quay station on 2 June 1945. It had made 28 operational trips, carrying more than 6,500 casualties. The train was then taken over by the USA Army Transportation Corps, probably for use in repatriating recovered Allied prisoners from Germany to the Channel Ports, before finally returning to England towards the end of 1946.<ref>SVR News 116, "Wartime Service of Corridor Brake Third No 57045804" (Adrian Turley)</ref>
===Post-War UK service===
==GWR 5804 in preservation==
5804 was originally purchased for preservation in 1983, and arrived on the SVR in 1991 from Marsh Mills, Plymouth, having been acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. It is located adjacent to [[Bewdley]] car park, where it was originally used as the headquarters of the [[SVR Apprentices|SVR Junior Club ]] and is now used as the Apprentice Group [[SVR Apprentices]] Mess Coach.
For some years it was located by the car park entrance; during this time the side visible to the public was painted as a war time Ambulance Car. In late March 2017 5804 was moved the other side of the car park, next to the [[List of shops|Sales Coaches]], revealing the other side in a GWR chocolate and cream livery with no insignia.
Sister vehicle [[GWR 5883 Brake Third|5883]] is also an SVR resident.
==See also==
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=212 5804 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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