==Service==
They were built at Swindon to Diagram C77 Lot 1593 and were classed as 'Excursion Stock', the GWR emphasising that such stock was for excursion and party hire traffic only and capable of having a meal with 1086 entering service to every seatin March 1938.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris Longworth (19662018)]] ppp.100,15455.</ref>
1086 continued in passenger service in the BR Western region until April 1965, when it withdrawn and transferred into [[Carriage and Wagon numbering# Internal User vehicles|Internal User stock]] as number 079154. It then formed part of GWR's 9-coach '''Swindon test train''', further details of which may be found under [[GWR 1146 Full Third |1146]].