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GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 5804 was built in 1934 at Swindon to Diagram No D118. From 1943 to 1946 it was used in an Ambulance Train, numbered 3406. It was then used as a breakdown tool van, DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. number ADW 150304.

It was originally purchased for preservation in 1983, and arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1991 from Marsh Mills, Plymouth, having been acquired by SVR(H). As of May 2015 it is located in Bewdley car park, and is used as the Apprentice Group Mess Coach. The side facing the public has been painted as a war time Ambulance Car, the other side is in GWRGreat Western Railway livery.

Sources

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

5804 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
5804 on GWR813.org

See also

List of carriages

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