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}}[[File:24105_wheelchair_accessible_area.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wheelchair accessible area]]GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.
The coach was originally bought by the [[The 2857 Society | 2857 Society]] and arrived on the SVR by rail in October 1981. It had been adapted for use as a mess coach in a breakdown train, including stripping out compartments and removing most of the internal partitions, fitting a stove and workbenches and blanking off of some of the doors and windows. On arrival, it served as the 2857 Society’s workshop, store and mess vehicle.<br>
