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|image = GWR C77 TK 1116 at BridgnorthGWR_1116_20150411.jpg

|othernos = W1116W, 079157, 99231

}}'''GWR Full Corridor Third (TK) 1116''' is one of four 1938-built Collett Corridor Third (TK) such coaches on the SVR, along together with [[GWR 1086 Full Third |1086]], [[GWR 1087 Full Third |1087]] and [[GWR 1146 Full Third |1146]]. By the time they were built in 1938, CME Charles Collett had introduced more modern designs to succeed the 'bow-ended' stock. These coaches seated 64 passengers in 8 third class compartments and were fitted included large picture windows to replace the external door to every compartment, with a lavatory access to the coach being via vestibules at each end. Following a GWR policy decision in late 1937, the 1938 design was built to a more restricted loading gauge as used by the LNER and LMS, such vehicles being identified by a yellow disc on the body ends. The 1938 design also reintroduced two extra entry doors on the corridor side.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth Harris (20131966)]] ppp.54-55104.</ref>These particular coaches have 8 compartments each seating 8 passengers, plus a toilet at each end of the coach.

All four were built at Swindon to diagram number C77 as lot part of Lot number 1593to Diagram C77, with 1116 entering service in June 1938. <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.55.</ref> Post-nationalisation, passenger service continued with BR(W) with the carriage initially being re-numbered W1116 at nationalisation and then W1116W following the introduction of BR Mk 1 coaches in accordance with normal practice.<ref name=Longworth/>

In 1116 continued in passenger service in the BR Western Region until April 1965, 1116 was one when it withdrawn and transferred into [[Carriage and Wagon numbering# Internal User vehicles|Internal User stock]] as number 079157. It then formed part of GWR's 9 coaches withdrawn from passenger service to form a -coach '''Swindon test train, based at Swindon, ''' which was used for load testing of diesel locomotives. For this role it received the number 079157, numbers in that range signifying Departmental Coaching stock within the Western Region that did not normally move or had its movements confined to a particular depot or yard. All four full list of the SVR TKs formed part of the Swindon GWR test train.coaches being<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.172.</ref> : {| class="wikitable"|IU Number || BR(W) Number || Coach type || Current status|-|079151 || W7362W || Brake Corridor Composite, Diagram E159 || Preserved Dean Forest Railway<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=230 RHR Online, 7362]</ref>|-|079152 || W536W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved at Didcot <ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=73 RHR Online, 536]</ref>|-|079153 || W1146W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved SVR|-|079154 || W1086W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved SVR|-|079155 || W7313W || Corridor Composite, Diagram E158 || Preserved at Didcot <ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=229 RHR Online, 7313]</ref>|- |079156 || W7284W || Corridor Composite, Diagram E162 || Preserved SVR|-|079157 || W1116W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved SVR|-|079158 || W1087W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved SVR|-|079159 || W1111W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved at Didcot<ref>[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=100 RHR Online, 1111]</ref>|}

The entire 9-coach test Early in 1969, BR decided to dispose of the Swindon Test Train. SVR member David Rouse negotiated the purchase of the complete train was sold into for preservation in 1969, with four of the coaches being acquired by the GWS at Didcot.<ref>SVR News 157</ref> Four TKs and [[GWR 7284 Composite|Corridor Composite 7284]] were bought for the SVR by various groups and individuals including [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] member AJ Turley<ref group="note">Presumably the same AJ Turley who published [[Bibliography#Books|The Railway at Kidderminster in the others by Didcot1940s]] in 2005</ref> who secured 1116. All five SVR coaches arrived on 19 December 1969, in or near running order.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Third Edition, August 1971</ref> The four acquired by  1116 was one of the coaches used in the SVR were restored between 's first public train hauled by [[3205]] on opening day, 23 May 1970 .<ref>SVR News 168, 40th Anniversary</ref> By winter 1971/2 only 1116 and 19731146 remained to be fully restored, <ref>SVR News 22</ref> with 1116 having received only a 'quick repaint' and saw service on [1146 stored awaiting missing fittings.<ref>SVR Stock Book Fifth Edition, September 1974</ref> In the event 1116 was the last of the five Test Train carriages to be fully restored. Completion of its restoration in autumn 1976 was given impetus by the creation of the SVR's [The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line in preservation| GWR main line set<ref>SVR excursions News 41</ref> which was first used on a diesel hauled trip from Bewdley to Paddington on 15 November 1976. 1116 received the TOPS number 99231. The main line]] as well as use ended in 1978, with 1116 and the other GWR carriages continuing in regular use on the SVR itself. Heritage carriages used on  In 1984 proposals were made for the SVR to make around 8 items of coaching stock available for the main line were assigned TOPS numbersfollowing year's GWR 150 celebrations, with 1116 or 1087 being number 99231considered as a representative example of a Collett corridor third.<ref>SVR News 73</ref> During 1986 1116 entered Bewdley paint shop for its 10-year overhaul. Repairs involved stringers, re-panelling and new door skins. New batteries were installed and both toilets were re-commissioned. The seats were re-upholstered in a specially made green rep material, and the coach was repainted in the later type Hawksworth livery (thought at the time to be a first in preservation). 1116 re-entered service in the GWR 'mixed' set in 1987.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage SurveySVR News 81,85</ref>

1116 received a full repaint both inside and out, panel repairs and new upholstery in 2003 and a mechanical inspection and overhaul in 2006.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/1116_overhaul.html The Great Western (SVR) Association, 1116 overhaul] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)</ref> It was repainted at Bridgnorth again between May and July 2019, on this occasion in Bridgnorth paint shop, with the locks receiving attention at Kidderminster.<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref><ref>SVR News 207</ref> It is finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt'shirt-button’ button' roundel.

It is owned by In September 2023 it entered [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|Bridgnorth Loco Works paintshop]] for a paintwork/varnish refresh, one of several carriages that received attention there. The [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | Great Western (SVR) Association]] memberstock list includes 1116 but notes that it is still owned by one of their members.<ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/stock_list.html The Great Western (SVR) Association stock list] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)</ref> 1116 is normally used in [[Carriages#The carriage sets|set GWGW2]].

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