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==Preservation==
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 Jones 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 Jones which [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | left the SVR]] in 1976 and are now at Didcot.
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>
