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|status = In service
|carno = 24506
|othernos = 70759 (frame , E70759E<br>Frame 4069, 70442) , E70442E
|designed = Gresley
|diagram = 245
As 70759, it was purchased by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] in 2005, arriving at Kidderminster SVR in March of that year. Initially it was used at Bewdley as a combined storeroom for parts waiting to be fitted to 2701 and the LNER/Bewdley Station Funds joint shop. In 2010 it was gifted to the SVR Rolling Stock Trust (now the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]]) and restoration began to return the vehicle to service as a second LNER brake van (BTK) for the teak set.
Part of the restoration involved moving the body from its original heavily corroded underframe onto the newly refurbished underframe of another BGP, No 70442 (formerly built in 1941 to Diagram 315 Lot 1017 and originaly numbered LNER 4069). A time lapse video of the move which took place on 12 July 2011 is available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTLy7qBSf4 Underframe Swop]. The restoration of 24506 has seen the larger van portion converted to 4 passenger compartments with a corridor and toilet; the small van and guard's compartment have been restored to 1950s vintage condition, and the original pigeon racks have been refitted. Many parts from the body framing of 70442 were incorporated. A new roof was fitted in Bewdley C&W works as a joint volunteer/full time project. The work was paid for by the owners, the SVR Charitable Trust which raised £70.1k in donations, gift aid and grants through the generosity of its many enthusiastic supporters.
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File:70759_D%26C_black_%26_yellow.jpg | 70759 in loading dock for conversion to LNER Fund Shop
