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==Sister coach 6912==
6912 was acquired at the same time as 6913, also arriving in December 1974. In summer 1979 it was based at Highley,<ref>SVR News 52</ref> but by 1986 had been condemned and broken up. Some body parts were used in the restoration of [[GWR 2926 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van|Siphon G 2926]] which had arrived in March 1975 as 6912's proposed replacement.<ref>SVR News 85</ref> 6912's frame was later used on the West Somerset Railway in the restoration of 1896 GWR Clerestory Sleeper 242 (later 9038), for which it was shortened by 17 inches. When 6913 6912 was broken up, 6913 became the only surviving example of the 40 Diagram E148 BCKs originally built<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref><ref name=Longworth/>.
==See also==