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==Preservation==
Early in 1969, BR decided to dispose of the Swindon Test Train. SVR member David Rouse negotiated the purchase of the complete train for preservation, 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) Assoc. | 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 1940s]] in 2005</ref> who secured 1116. All five SVR coaches arrived on 19 December 1969, in or near running order.<ref>SVR Stock Book Third Edition, August 1971</ref>
1116 was one of the coaches used in the SVR'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 1146 remained to be fully restored,<ref>SVR News 22</ref> with 1116 having received only a 'quick repaint' and 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 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 use ended in 1978, with 1116 and the other GWR carriages continuing in regular use on the SVR.