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10569 was first used in preservation on Both the VSOE set at Stewarts LaneMk 3a carriages listed are owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. By 2005 it had transferred to the Northern Belle fleet, based at Crewe Carriage Shed <gallery>File: BR_10696_20150320. It is in chocolate and cream livery and bears the name “Leviathan”jpg|10696File: BR_10713_20150402.jpg|10713</gallery>
All the ==Former Mk 3a carriages listed are owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].coaching stock==
The Two other Mk 3a Convertible Sleepers were previously resident but have since been scrapped: *10677: This vehicle arrived on the SVR circa 2010.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5257 Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey gives details 10677]</ref> Ten Mk. 3a Sleepers were exported to Denmark in 1987 and the saw regular use between Kobenhavn H., Aarhus and Aalborg C, and later on seasonal snow and ski trips from Copenhagen to Innsbrucke, before being declared surplus by Danish Railways following the opening of a fifth Mark the Great Belt crossing. Danish Railways 50 86 7572 077-7 and the others were purchased by Angel Trains Contracts and returned via the Channel Tunnel, and on 30 November 1998 they were hauled by 47286 from Dollands Moor to MOD Kineton for storage.<ref>[https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mark-3 Sleeper-sleeping-cars-used-in-denmark.93214/ Railforums.co.uk]</ref> 10677 arrived at the SVR around May 2010 for spares recovery. It was stripped for spares at Kidderminster, the body leaving by low loader in April 2014 for cutting up at Lye.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1790&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 SVR forum]</ref><ref Name=DW>Confirmed by David Williams, 15 January 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/573173142789869/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=4761997193907422 Bendall, No Simon via MK1. MK2. MK3. MK4. MK5. COACHES on Facebook]</ref>*10606: SLEP built in 1982 at Derby.<ref>[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5257 106773520 10606 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref> Photographed at Kidderminster in 2015 (see below), which reportedly arrived it has since been stripped for spares and by December 2017 had been sent to Kingsbury for cutting up.<ref Name=DW/><ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey 10606]</ref> <gallery>File: BR_10606_20150503.jpg|10606</gallery> *10569: SLEP built in 1982 at Derby.<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3512 10569 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]</ref> 10569 was first used in preservation on the SVR circa 2010VSOE set at Stewarts Lane. This is believed By 2005 it had transferred to be the Northern Belle fleet, based at Crewe Carriage Shed. It arrived on the SVR in May 2007 and was based in course of being stripped for spares [[Bewdley Down Yard]], carrying chocolate and cream livery and scrapped at bearing the name 'Leviathan'. It left the SVR by road from Kidderminsteron 13 October 2022, reportedly for scrap.
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File: BR_10606_20150503.jpg|10606
File: BR_10696_20150320.jpg|10696
File: BR_10713_20150402.jpg|10713
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__NOTOC__'''BR Mk 3a coaching stock ''' entered service between 1975 and 1988. It featured a monocoque construction with an all-welded mild steel stressed skin, and was air-braked. These features make it unsuitable for operational use on a heritage railway such as the SVR. However the SVR has acquired a number of Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper (SLEP) carriages which are used as temporary accommodation. They are of two varieties, the Sleeper Either class (SLE) and the Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP). ==Current Mk 3a coaching stock=={{As of|2023}} there are two Mk 3 sleepers still present on the SVR:
{| class="wikitable"
! Number !! Version !! Built !! Build location !! To SVR by !! Current or usual location !! Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey|-|10569 || 1982 || Derby || May 2007|| [[Bewdley]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3512 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]|-|10606 || 1982 || Derby || || [[Kidderminster]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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|10696 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007|| [[Bewdley Down Yard]]. Out of use January 2023 || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3521 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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|10713 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007 || Kidderminster [[Diesel Depot]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5495 10713 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
|-
|}
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==SourcesNorthern Belle Mk 3a coaching stock==Railway Heritage Register Between 2017 and 2018 the SVR entered into an agreement to stable [[Northern Belle|this train]]. It included two sleeper vehicles: {| class="wikitable sortable"!Number !! Name!! Type !! Built !! Build location !! Notes !! RHR Carriage Survey|-|10729|| ''Crewe''|| BR Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper||1980||Derby|| Staff sleeper||[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3591 10729]|-|10734|| ''Balmoral''||BR Mk 3a Royal Train Staff Sleeper||1984|| || Staff sleeper (formerly No 2914)||[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4205 10734]|-|} By May 2018 all [[Northern Belle]] vehicles had left the SVR. ==Locomotive Services Limited ('LSL') Mk 3 coaching stock==On 25 November 2019 locomotive 47593 delivered eight Mark 3 sleepers for temporary storage outside [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] until March 2020.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epdec19 Express Points, December 2019]</ref> The sleepers had been displaced from Caledonian Sleeper services by new Mark 5 sleeper stock, and bought by LSL for charter use.<ref>[https://www.caf.net/en/productos-servicios/proyectos/proyecto-detalle.php?p=277 CAF] (Retrieved 16 January 2020)</ref> During this period the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] was closed for repairs to [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] and some [[Carriages#The_carriage_sets| carriage sets]] were stabled at the north end of the line, allowing space for the vehicles to be stored. The storage period has since been extended and other rolling stock delivered. {{As of|2022|12}} there were 10 vehicles at Kidderminster or Bewdley, ex-Caledonian Sleepers Nos 10504 and 10513 (Mark 3A SLEP), 10648, 10650, 10675 and 10683 (Mark 3A SLE) and ex-First Great Western carriages Nos 40106, 42319, 42583 and 46012. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">LSL_Mark_3_Sleepers_20210423.jpg| Sleepers stored alongside Kidderminster Carriage Shed, April 2021 <br/gallery> Occasionally several of these carriages have been marshalled in non-public sets with [[Carriages visiting the SVR| a support coach]] to enable visiting LSL air-braked locomotives to undergo running-in and load testing, including the below (possibly incomplete list): *February 2022 with [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia | 70000 Britannia]]*March 2022 with LNER Gresley A4 Pacific 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley [as LNER 4498]*November 2022 with LNER Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 61306 Mayflower*March 2024 with LNER Peppercorn Class A2 Pacific 60532 Blue Peter
==See also==
*[[Carriagesformerly resident on the SVR]]*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]*[[Northern Belle]] ==References==<references /> {{CarriageNavbox}}[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]][[Category: Carriage Type SLE / SLEP]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]][[Category: Carriages used for volunteer staff accommodation]]