The Great Western Railway introduced Diesel Railcar units in the 1930s as an more economic replacement to steam traction on smaller branch lines. They continued in use until the 1960s, and were used from time to time on the Severn Valley Railway.
Railcar 22 is owned by the Great Western Society at Didcot. The Society’s Railcar spent much of the 1970s on loan to the SVR, and was used on the inaugural services to Highley and Bewdley in 1974.
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Wikipedia article Retrieved 22 Jan 2015
Past editions of SVR News.