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|status = Static use
|carno = 98
|othernos = W98, W98W
|designed = Collett / Hawksworth
|diagram = K42
==Service==
No 98 was built at Swindon to Diagram K42, a late Collett design of which the first examples date to 1937, although by the time No 98 was completed in 1945 as part of Lot 1665, Frederick Hawksworth had succeeded Collett as Chief Mechanical Engineer.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 154.</ref>
At Nationalisation in 1947, BR added a W prefix to the carriage number to denote its GWR origin. Following the introduction of BR Mk 1 carriages in 1951 the W prefix was used to show the allocation to the BR Western Region, with a W suffix denoting its GWR origin.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.8.</ref>
After use on passenger services this class of carriage usually ended service life either gutted for Departmental use transferring components between works or, as in the case of No 98, being used for parcels traffic.<ref name=SB9/>
