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GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite

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|built = 1928
|seats = 24 first, 24 third
|years1 = 19621961
|events1 = To departmental service
|years2 = 1973
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}}'''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 surviving example of 51 builta GWR 'bow-ended' composite.
6045 was based ==Collett bow-ended stock==When CB Collett succeeded GW Churchward as CME of the GWR after the first World War, he introduced a new range of standard 57' carriages starting in Devon 1923. These were a development of Churchward's later 'toplight' carriages, having a cleaner exterior with flush steel panels over oak framing and Cornwall for most a higher waistline. From late 1925 'bow-ends' were added to reduce the length of the gangway connections (following complaints of swaying from nervous passengers), giving the stock its mainline servicedistinctive 'bow-ended' profile. Internally they had a simpler finish; the corridor stock had first class compartments the trimmed in walnut and the third class in mahogany.<ref name="SVRNews216"bloct21>SVR News 216[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, Winter October 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/>.
A total of 781 carriages were built between 1923 and 1929, of which 104 were composites.<ref group="note"> After that time GWR introduced the more modern stock without the bow-ends.</ref> The later batches continued in general service until around 1961, after which the preliminary stages of the Beeching plan saw the elimination of almost all remaining pre-1935 stock during 1962<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Harris (1966)]] p.84.</ref>.  ==6045 in departmental service==6045 was built in 1928 to Lot 1382, Diagram E132. It was converted to a BTU Staff & Dormitory Coach based in 1962 Devon and saw Departmental use as No DW 150293Cornwall for most of its mainline service.<refname=SVRNews216>[http: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/www> Following nationalisation, it was [[Carriage and Wagon numbering|renumbered]] W6045W by BR(W).rctsIt was withdrawn from passenger use in September 1961<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.org91.uk</application/files/9815/5646/6903/Preserved_Coaching_Stock_of_British_Railways_-_Part_Two_-_Jul_2013ref> and transferred into Departmental stock as no.pdf Railway Correspondence DW150293, where it was converted for use as an R&M Sleeping and Travel Society] Mess Coach.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (Retrieved 5 July 20192018)]] p.170.</ref> It was condemned in 1971at Bristol and offered for sale as scrap<ref name="SVRNews216"/>.
==6045 in preservation==
It arrived on the SVR on 6 January 1973 by rail from Bristol, having been bought the previous year 6045 was acquired by Robert Smallman in 1972 for the cost of £200, plus £24 transportfor delivery by rail to Kidderminster.<ref name=bloct21/><ref name="SVRNews216"/> The missing third class compartment structure came from It arrived at Kidderminster (then still BR property) on 6 January 1973 with five other coaches (LMS 26668, LMS [[LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880|LMS 26880]], [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First|GWR 9615]], GWR 7972 and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|GWR Collett bow-ended Corridor Third 4886]]).<ref name="SVRNews216"/> Since then it had been stored in various locations on The day also saw the SVRarrival of a convoy from [[Barry Scrapyard|Barry]] with [[GWR 4141|4141]], but moved to [[Bewdley Down YardGWR Large Prairie 5164|5164]] in 2014 for restoration to begin. Work began in earnest in 2015; progress on the restoration was shown on the Great Western (SVR) Association website. In October 2018 the coach moved to , [[Carriage Repair WorksGWR 7819 Hinton Manor|Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster7819 Hinton Manor]] and was completed in April 2020, the restoration costing around £150,000[[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall|4930 Hagley Hall]].<ref name=bloct21SVR27>SVR News 27</ref> It is turned out in BR Sulzer Type 2 No 7655 tripped 6045 and the other rolling stock from Kidderminster to the livery it carried SVR's rented area in 1930[[Bewdley Down Yard]].<ref name=bloct21>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan23 Branch Lines, January 2023]</ref>
It was purchased in 1976 by 6045 became part of the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]]'s collection and was subsequently purchased by the Association in 1976.While at Bewdley some work began on the restoration, including waterproofing the roof<ref>SVR News 28</ref> and reinstating the missing third class compartment structure with parts from 4886,<ref name="SVRNews216"/> which had been acquired to be scrapped for parts mainly for 6046.<ref name=SVR27/> However work on other carriages took priority and 6045 was moved to [[Highley]] where it would spend 25 years in storage before a further move to Kidderminster in the late 1990s.<ref>SVR News 128</ref>
By 2007, 6045 and [[GWR 2426 Toplight Full Third|2426]] (then still in use as accommodation at Hampton Loade) were the only two unrestored carriages in the GW(SVR)A's collection.<ref>SVR News 157</ref> After further fundraising by the Association, 6045 finally moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] in 2014 for its restoration to be resumed. Work began in earnest in 2015 with the carriage being stripped back to its frames. Changes made to the underframe in Departmental use, including the addition of a handbrake, were removed to return it to its original condition. A new floor of modern buffalo board was laid. Key structural framework components were built using best quality sapele to replace the original oak. The old asbestos steam heat pipe lagging was safely removed and new steam heat pipework and radiators fitted.<ref>SVR News 192</ref> <gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">
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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Work on rebuilding the interior continued through 2016 and in May 2017 6045 entered Bewdley Paint Shop for attention to the roof edges, fitting of new roof hoop covers, toilet tanks, ventilators and gutters.<ref>SVR News 199</ref> In October 2018 the coach moved to Kidderminster, initially into storage in the Carriage shed while awaiting entry to the [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Repair Works]] for bogie work.<ref>SVR News 204</ref> The bogie overhaul was carried out for the GW(SVR)A as a contract job by the SVR.<ref>SVR News 207</ref> The coach was finish-painted in Kidderminster Carriage shed during 2019 in the livery it carried in 1930<ref>SVR News 208</ref> and the restoration finally completed in April 2020, with the work costing around £150,000.<ref name=bloct21/>
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>.
==See also==
*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
Great Western (SVR) Association
==Links==
[[Category: Carriage Type CK]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
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