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|caption    = GWR 6562 Brake Composite
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|construc  = GWR Swindon
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|status    = In service
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|carno      = 6562
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|othernos  = W6562W, 99238
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|designed  = Collett
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|diagram    = E159
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|lot        = 1589
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|cartype    = [[:Category:Carriage Type BCK|BCK]]
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|length    = 60ft 11¼in
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|weight    = 31t 11cwt
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|built      = 1938
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|seats      = 12 first, 32 third
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|years1    = 1967
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|events1    = Preserved on SVR
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|years2    = 2017
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|events2    = Returned from overhaul which began in 2015
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}}GWR 6562 is a Brake Composite (BCK). The term ‘composite’ refers to a carriage having more than one class of seating, in this case two first class and four third class compartments, together with two lavatories and a small guard’s compartment.
  
GWR Brake Composite (BCK) 6562 was built at Swindon in October 1938 as lot number 1589 to diagram E159. The term ‘composite’ refers to a carriage having more than one class of seating, in this case two first class and four third class compartments, together with two lavatories and a small guard’s compartment.
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==Service==
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6562 was built at Swindon in October 1938 as lot number 1589 to diagram E159. It later carried the number 99238, signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> Its working life ended at Ashton Gate, near Bristol.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
  
6562 later carried the number 99238, signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use.
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==Preservation==
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6562 is the longest serving coach on the SVR, being the only one still present of the first four which arrived at Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 behind locomotive [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | GWR 3205]]. It was acquired by [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]] from owner Mr D R Gwynne-Williams in autumn 1975.<ref>SVR News 37</ref>  The other three original coaches, numbers 3755, 3756 and 7285, were among eight owned by Mr Gwynne-Williams which [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | left the SVR]] in 1976 and are now at Didcot.
  
6562 was bought by [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]] in 1967.  It is the longest serving coach on the SVR, being the only survivor of first 4 to arrive on the SVR on 25 March 1967 behind locomotive [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | GWR 3205]] (the other 3 coaches, numbers 3755, 3756 and 7285, [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | left the SVR]] in 1976 and are now at Didcot).  Apart from repaints, it has also seen almost continuous service since' including being part of the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR rake of carriages used on the main line]] in the 1970s, although by 2015 it was at Bewdley awaiting an overhaul which began following the completion of [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion) | 650]]. {{As of|2016|11}} it was at [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]], externally nearly complete, with some interior work still underway.
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6562 was the first coach to be restored to its original GWR livery at Bewdley.<ref name=SB9/> One of its first duties was on 2 October 1968, when the Inspector appointed by the Minister of Transport to hold the Public Inquiry into the granting of the Light Railway Order inspected the line from Bridgnorth to Bewdley. 6562 formed part of the train hauled by 3205. The following year 3205 and coaches including 6562 visited Tyseley for an exhibition, travelling by rail via Worcester, Honeybourne, Stratford-upon-Avon and Henley-in-Arden.<ref>SVR News 14</ref>
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6562 received a repaint in 1976<ref>SVR News 39</ref>, after which it was used in the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR rake of carriages used on the main line]] in the 1970s. In 1978 it required repairs after suffering damage to both headstocks in a collision.<ref>SVR News 49</ref>
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A heavy overhaul was carried out in 1984-85 including complete repanelling, repaint and lining out. The seats were also re-upholstered. In 1989 the bogies were changed after the wheels had become below minimum size.<ref>SVR News 73,75,77, 94</ref>  Further attention to the paint and upholstery then took place in 1998-99.<ref>SVR News 133</ref>
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Apart from these repaints and overhauls, 6562 has seen almost continuous service since.<ref>GW(SVR)A</ref> By 2015 it was at Bewdley awaiting an overhaul which began following the completion of [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion) | 650]]. It returned to service in July 2017.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>
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[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
: [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite |  Previous ]]<br>
 
: [[GWR 6913 Brake Composite |  Next ]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
 
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
 
Great Western (SVR) Association web site
 
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==
[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/6562.html 6562 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>
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*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/6562.html 6562 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=223 6562 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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*[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=223 6562 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
  
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Revision as of 14:55, 18 October 2019

GWRGreat Western Railway 6562 Brake CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard.
6562 20170923.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway 6562 Brake CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard.
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status In service
Number 6562
Other numbers W6562W, 99238
History
Built 1938
Designed By CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Diagram E159
Lot 1589
Type BCK
Length 60ft 11¼in
Weight 31t 11cwt
Seats 12 first, 32 third
1967 Preserved on SVRSevern Valley Railway
2017 Returned from overhaul which began in 2015

Carriages

GWRGreat Western Railway 6562 is a Brake CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. (BCK). The term ‘composite’ refers to a carriage having more than one class of seating, in this case two first class and four third class compartments, together with two lavatories and a small guard’s compartment.

Service

6562 was built at Swindon in October 1938 as lot number 1589 to diagram E159. It later carried the number 99238, signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use.[1] Its working life ended at Ashton Gate, near Bristol.[2]

Preservation

6562 is the longest serving coach on the SVRSevern Valley Railway, being the only one still present of the first four which arrived at Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 behind locomotive GWR 3205. It was acquired by The Great Western (SVR) Association from owner Mr D R Gwynne-Williams in autumn 1975.[3] The other three original coaches, numbers 3755, 3756 and 7285, were among eight owned by Mr Gwynne-Williams which left the SVR in 1976 and are now at Didcot.

6562 was the first coach to be restored to its original GWRGreat Western Railway livery at Bewdley.[2] One of its first duties was on 2 October 1968, when the Inspector appointed by the Minister of Transport to hold the Public Inquiry into the granting of the Light Railway Order inspected the line from Bridgnorth to Bewdley. 6562 formed part of the train hauled by 3205. The following year 3205 and coaches including 6562 visited Tyseley for an exhibition, travelling by rail via Worcester, Honeybourne, Stratford-upon-Avon and Henley-in-Arden.[4]

6562 received a repaint in 1976[5], after which it was used in the GWR rake of carriages used on the main line in the 1970s. In 1978 it required repairs after suffering damage to both headstocksThe underframe member across each end of a wagon carrying the buffers and coupling. Known as the Bufferbeam on a locomotive. in a collision.[6]

A heavy overhaul was carried out in 1984-85 including complete repanelling, repaint and lining out. The seats were also re-upholstered. In 1989 the bogies were changed after the wheels had become below minimum size.[7] Further attention to the paint and upholstery then took place in 1998-99.[8]

Apart from these repaints and overhauls, 6562 has seen almost continuous service since.[9] By 2015 it was at Bewdley awaiting an overhaul which began following the completion of 650. It returned to service in July 2017.

See also

List of carriages

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
  2. 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 37
  4. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 14
  5. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 39
  6. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 49
  7. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 73,75,77, 94
  8. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 133
  9. GW(SVR)AGreat Western (SVR) Association

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