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GWR 80972 Inspection Saloon

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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR Q13 inspection saloon 80972 at Bridgnorth.jpg|caption = GWR 80972 Inspection Saloon|thumbconstruc = GWR Swindon|300pxstatus = In service|rightcarno = W80972W|GWR othernos = 80972 Inspection Saloon|designed = Hawksworth|diagram = Q13|lot = 1701|cartype = Nondescript, [[:Category:Carriage Type INSP|INSP]]|built = 1948|seats = 23 (as now used)|years1 = 1973|events1 = Preserved|years2 = 2006|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}80972 is one of six 52ft inspection saloons (INSP) built at Swindon as lot number 1701 to diagram Q13. It was ordered under FW Hawksworth’s tenure as GWR CME, although it has little visual similarity to his other carriage designs. It entered service in 1948 in what had by then become the BR Western Region.
80972 entered preservation in 1973 at the Birmingham Railway Museum (now Tyseley Locomotive Works). It arrived on the SVR circa February 2006, having been bought by Phil and Caroline Swallow, owner of Taw Valley and members of the Great Western (SVR) Association. It was overhauled before entering service circa March 2011.
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>: [[GWR 80969 Inspection Saloon | Previous ]]<br>: [[LMS 9355 Buffet Car | Next ]]
==References==
SVR Website [http://www.svr.co.uk/RestaurantCar_ObservationSaloon.aspx Observation Saloons page]
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[[Category: Carriage Type INSP]]
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