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===45048 at the SVR===It was acquired by David Postle and moved to the SVR by August 2013.<ref>[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=805 Vintage Carriages TrustRailway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref> {{As of|2018|01}} it is was stored at [[Bewdley]] awaiting restoration at the owner’s expense.<ref>SVR News</ref>
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<references/>
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|status = Stored awaiting overhaul
|carno = 45048
|othernos = M45048|designed = Stanier
|diagram = 2046
|lot = 1264
|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type INSP|INSP]]
|length = 50ft
|weight = 31T
|seats = n/a
|built = 1940
|years6 =
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}}'''LMS 45048''' is a District Engineer's Inspection Saloon 45048 was built at Wolverton in 1940.
==Service==
45048 was one of three inspection saloons built at Wolverton in 1940 as lot 1264 to Diagram 2046.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] p. 185. and Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey. Longworth gives the Lot as 1246.</ref> It was later numbered M45048M by BR and saw service until February 1981<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2019)]] p.294.</ref>.
==45048 in preservationPreservtion==
It was purchased for preservation in 1981, initially at Steamport (Southport) before moving to the Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway in 1983. Following a lengthy restoration it carried HRH The Princess Royal to open the GWSR’s Cheltenham Racecourse Station. It was withdrawn from service suffering from water ingress via a leaky roof, and offered for sale in 2012.
==See also==
==References==
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=805 45048 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/10758198233/ Gareth Price Photostream]
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