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{{Infobox carriage|image = 6562_20170923.jpg|caption = GWR 6562 Brake Composite|construc = GWR Swindon|status = In service|carno = 6562|othernos = W6562W, 99238|designed = Collett|diagram = E159|lot = 1589|cartype = [[File:GWR E159 Category:Carriage Type BCK|BCK 6562 at Highley.jpg]]|length = 60ft 11¼in|weight = 31t 11cwt|built = 1938|seats = 12 first, 32 third|years1 = 1967|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = 2017|events2 = Returned from overhaul which began in 2015|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |300pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |events6 = }}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) ==Service==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 seatingIt later carried the number 99238, in this case two first class and four third class compartmentssignifying hauled non-passenger carrying use.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> Its working life ended at Ashton Gate, together with two lavatories and a small guard’s compartmentnear Bristol.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==Preservation==6562 later carried is the number 99238longest 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, signifying hauled nonwere among eight owned by Mr Gwynne-passenger carrying useWilliams 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 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 SVR, being Inspector appointed by the Minister of Transport to hold the Public Inquiry into the only survivor granting of first 4 the Light Railway Order inspected the line from Bridgnorth to arrive on Bewdley. 6562 formed part of the SVR on 25 March 1967 behind locomotive [[GWR 2251 Class train hauled by 3205 | GWR . The following year 3205]] (the other 3 and coachesincluding 6562 visited Tyseley for an exhibition, travelling by rail via Worcester, numbers 3755Honeybourne, 3756 Stratford-upon-Avon and 7285, [[Carriages formerly resident on the Henley-in-Arden.<ref>SVR | left the SVR]] News 14</ref>  6562 received a repaint in 1976 and are now at Didcot). Apart from repaints<ref>SVR News 39</ref>, after which it has also seen almost continuous service since' including being part of 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> A heavy overhaul was carried out in 1984-85 including complete repanelling, although by 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> 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]]. {{As of|2016|11}} it was at [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]], externally nearly complete, with some interior work still underwayIt returned to service in July 2017.

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