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|image = 6045_Exterior_Dec2016GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite on its official launch into traffic 17 October 2021. Rob Massey.jpg|caption = 6045 Shewing new body panels on refurbished framework.its official launch into traffic 17 October 2021
|construc = GWR Swindon
|status = In service
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}}[[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. 6045 is a typical GWR vehicle from the 1920s; the first class compartments are trimmed in walnut and the third class in mahogany.<ref name=bloct21>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref> It is the only survivor of 51 built.
6045 was based in Devon and Cornwall for most of its mainline service.<ref name="SVRNews216">SVR News 216, Winter 2021, pp. 41-44</ref> The type were used initially on expresses and later on semi-fast cross-country services, including the Birmingham to Cardiff trains, which passed through Kidderminster<ref name=bloct21/>.
It was purchased in 1976 by the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref name="SVRNews216"/>
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6045_Rob_Massey.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Partially restored first class compartment
6045_Exterior_Dec2016.jpg|thumb|300px|right|6045 Shewing new body panels on refurbished framework in December 2016
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On 17 October 2021 a special train ran with [[1501]] and [[Carriages|the Great Western set]] to officially launch 6045, with special guest passengers involved in its return to traffic.<ref name=bloct21/> Originally planned for May 2020, it was delayed by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Winter 2020 edition</ref><ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020]</ref>.
