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|status = Restoration in progressIn service

|years1 = 19731962|events1 = Preserved on SVRTo departmental service|years2 = 20141973|events2 = Restoration commencedPreserved on SVR|years3 = 2014|events3 = Restoration commenced|years4 = 2020|events4 = Restoration completed

}}[[File:6045_Rob_Massey.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Partially restored first class compartment ]]GWR 6045 is a 57' Corridor Composite (CK) carriage, having four first class compartments to seat 24 passengers and three third class compartments also to seat 24 passengers. It was built in 1928 to Lot 1392, Diagram E132, an early Collett design having flush sides and bow ends. It also has toilets at each end and external doors to each compartment on the non-corridor side. It is the only survivor of 51 built.

The carriage later ==6045 in departmental service==It was converted to a BTU Staff & Dormitory Coach in 1962 and saw Departmental use as No DW 150293. <ref>[http://www.rcts.org.uk/application/files/9815/5646/6903/Preserved_Coaching_Stock_of_British_Railways_-_Part_Two_-_Jul_2013.pdf Railway Correspondence and Travel Society] (Retrieved 5 July 2019)</ref>  ==6045 in preservation==It arrived on the SVR in on 6 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | Great Western (SVR) Association]]. Since then it has had been stored in various locations on the SVR, but moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] in 2014 for restoration to begin. Progress Work began in earnest in 2015; progress on the restoration is was shown on the Great Western (SVR) Association website. During In October 2018 the coach will move moved to [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster, ]].  In January 2020 the GW(SVR)A announced plans for a launch train on Sunday 31 May 2020 to celebrate the entry of 6045 still requires bogie overhaulinto service<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, external painting and new batteriesWinter 2020 edition</ref>.The restoration was completed in April 2020, although plans for the launch train were put on hold by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]<ref>[httpshttp://forumwww.gw-svr-onlinea.org.uk/viewtopicnews.php?p=56853#56853 html GW(SVR Forum 24 September 2018])A News page, April 2020].</ref>.

*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=220 6045 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/6045.html 6045 on gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/6045-restoration.html Restoration progress on gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>