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Steam locomotives provided with the equipment to be used as an auto-train are said to be auto-fitted. The driver operates the regulator, brakes and whistle from the autocoach; the fireman remains on the locomotive and in addition to firing, also controls the valve gear settings. The driver, guard and fireman can communicate with each other by an electric bell system.
Many Autocoaches were rebuilt from [[GWR Steam Railmotor | steam railmotors]], although both examples on the SVR were built as autocoaches from new.
178 was built at Swindon in 1930. It was originally preserved at the SVR in 1968, before moving to the Dean Forest railway in the 1970s. It returned to the SVR in March 2014 along with Mike Little’s other autocoach [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | 238]] and auto-fitted locomotive [[GWR 1450]].
