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{{As of|2018|9}} framework repairs have begun and it is shortly to be 4786 was moved from Kidderminster to the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon DepartmentDown Yard]] in October 2018 for work to begin in earnest.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A website] (Retrieved 24 September 2018)</ref><ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=56853#56853 SVR Forum, 24 September 2018]</ref>Much of the framework is in good order and the coach is fairly complete, with a surprising amount of the original having survived. Links to the GW(SVR)A 4786 restoration page, Facebook and the SVR-Online 4786 restoration discussion thread are shown below.
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
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|caption = GWR 4786 (Gareth Price)
|construc = GWR Swindon
|status = Stored awaiting overhaulRestoration in progress
|carno = 4786
|othernos = DW 150208, KDW150208
|designed = Collett
|diagram = C54
|lot = 1369
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type TK|TK]]
|length = 58ft 4½in
|weight = 30t 6cwt
|built = 1926
|seats = 64
|years1 = 1986
|events1 = Arrived on SVR
|years2 = 2013|events2 = Replaced as dormitory coach|years3 = 2018|events3 = Restoration started
|years4 =
|events4 =
|years6 =
|events6 =
}}GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 4786 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in Spring 1926 to diagram C54, lot 1369as part of a build of 79 vehicles. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end. 4786 was completed on 6 March 1926, one of 279 such carriages turned out from Swindon between 1925 and 1929. Although seven of these vehicles have been saved, none have been returned to original condition. ==4786 in service==It graduated from main line long distance services in the 1920s and 1930s to cross country and secondary services in the 1940s and 1950s. It later saw Departmental was withdrawn on 6th February 1960 and modified for departmental stock for signals and telegraph use as No DW 150208DW150208 by 2 September 1961 at Shrewsbury.
==4786 in preservation==
The coach was originally bought by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] and , arriving from the Coleham Depot at Shrewsbury on 7 September 1986 along with [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|former resident]] sister coach 4872.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It was latterly used as accommodation at Kidderminsteruntil October 2013.
In March 2017 the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] exchanged [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car]] (then GWR 5043 Full Third]] ) for 4786 and this coach will become with the latter becoming their next project on completion of the restoration of [[GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/kr-by-c-and-w SVRLive 30 March 2017]</ref> It will go towards and complete the 1920s GW set. 4786, being from 1926, will be returned to the fully lined GW livery with pseudo panelling and the ornate garter crest, as found on the 'Toplights'.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A news] (Retrieved 18 May 2017)</ref>
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>
[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
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==Links==
*[http://www.csgw-svr-a.org.uk/4786-restoration.html GW(SVR)A 4786 Restoration page]*[https://forum.vintagecarriagestrustsvr-online.org.uk/se/CarriageInfoviewtopic.aspphp?Reft=199 4207 SVR-Online 4786 on vintagecarriagestrustRestoration thread]*[https://www.facebook.orgcom/groups/1802133566694120/ GW(SVR)A Facebook page]<br>, with regular restoration updates*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/4786.html GW(SVR)A stock page]*[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=199 4786 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
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