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

}}[[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 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | Great Western (SVR) Association]]. Since then it has been stored in various locations on the SVR, but moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] in 2014 for restoration to begin. Progress on the restoration is shown on the Great Western (SVR) Association website. In October 2018 the coach moved to [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster]], 6045 still requires bogie overhaul, external painting and new batteries.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=56853#56853 SVR Forum 24 September 2018]].</ref>