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== See Also ==
[[List of preservation groups]]
As of 2017
The Association began in 1967 as the ‘Great Western Rolling Stock Fund’, and quickly began to accumulate pre-nationalisation carriages which were being withdrawn from service by BR at the time. In 1972 a separate group, the ‘Great Western Locomotive and Carriage Society’, was formed with the intention of saving a locomotive, [[GWR Mogul 7325 | Collett Mogul 9303/7325]], from Barry scrapyard. The two groups shared common aims and members, and in 1973 merged to form the Great Western (SVR) Association.
The Mogul was purchased in 1974 and moved to the SVR in 1975; it is still owned by the Association. Acquisition of further redundant ex Departmental Stock also continued in the 1970s. {{as of|20162017}} the Association owns 19 [[Carriages | carriages]], one [[GWR 1257 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van| Siphon G Milk Van]], and [[GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster| Macaw B Bogie Bolster]]. Only 3 of the carriages have not yet been returned to working order.<ref>GW(SVR)A booklet</ref>. A full list of SVR-based rolling stock owned by the Association may be found [[:Category:Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association | here]].
The Association’s most recently completed restoration project was [[Carriages|Art Deco Brake 3rd 650]] which entered service in November 2015, while restoration of [[Carriages|Bow End Composite 6045]] is now in progress.
== See Also ==
[[List of preservation groups]]
==References==
[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/ Great Western (SVR) Assoc. web site]<br>
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1802133566694120/ The GW(SVR)A on Facebook]
