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===Main line support coaches===
[[GWR 6913 Brake Composite]] was overhauled to main line standard in 1985 for use as a support coach for SVR locos working on the main line. The first trip following the overhaul was with [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]]<ref>SVR News 77</ref>.
==SVR Wagons used on the man line in preservation==
As part of the 1985 GWR 150 celebrations, the SVR was asked to produce a demonstration goods train to be taken on the main line to Newport, hauled by [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco | GWR 2857]]. BR C&W inspectors approved 25 wagons to run, the eventual line-up being as follows<ref>SVR News 78</ref>:
*[[GWR 65801 Mogo Van]]
*[[GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van]]
*[[GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon]]
*[[GWR 80225 Ballast Wagon]]
*[[GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon]]
*[[GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon]]
*[[GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van]]
*[[GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van]]
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7475 LNER NE 274231 Coke Hopper] (Now scrapped?)
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7461 LNER NE 307306 Coke Hopper] (Now scrapped?)
*[[London Transport ‘Herring’ Ballast Hopper Wagons | LT Ballsat Hopper Wagon 436 ]]
*[[London Transport ‘Herring’ Ballast Hopper Wagons | LT Ballsat Hopper Wagon 410]]
*[[GWR 40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon]]
*[[GWR 42272 'Loriot L' Machinery Truck]]
*[[GWR 97398 5 plank Open Goods Wagon]]
*[[GWR 42138 'Loriot D' Machinery Truck]]
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7466 BR B 943286 Bogie Bolster] (Now at Battlefield Line)
*[[GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster]]
*[[GWR 60841 Bogie Bolster]]
*[[Esso Oil Tank Wagon 2686]]
*[[GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van]]
*SV14192 BR-built horsebox wagon underframe (original identity unknown)
*SV14191 BR-built horsebox wagon underframe (original identity unknown)
*[[GWR 105873 'Mica B' Refrigerated Meat Van.]]
*[[Regent Oil & Texaco 431 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon]]
A BR Brake van was provided at the rear. The return trip took place in September 1985.
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