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==Preservation==
24617 was acquired for preservation by the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach|LMS & BR Coach Fund]]. It was one of seven vehicles to arrive on the SVR from Didcot on 28 August 1968, the other two GWR and four LMS carriages having been acquired in a 'package deal' by various groups and individuals. From the time of their arrival it was always intended that the LMS vehicles would eventually be restored to LMS livery,<ref name=SB2>SVR Stock Book Second Edition</ref> although with 24617 being in virtually ex-works condition it was unlikely that would take place in the immediate future.
A visit by the [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society|Stanier 8F Society]] to the Derby Litchurch Lane Carriage Works Open Day in August 1972 resulted in an invitation for [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|8233]] and three LMS coaches to be exhibited at the following year's Open Day on 11 August 1973. Repairs to [[LMS 12992 Corridor Third|Corridor Third 12992]] took longer than anticipated and in July a late decision was made to send 24617 instead, being both Derby built and in the best condition of the 1968 batch.<ref name=SVR29>SVR News 29</ref><ref name=SB2/> Time constraints allowed only for a quick repaint and lettering of 24617 in the same BR Maroon livery, which was carried out at Hampton Loade.<ref name=SVR29/>
