GWR 1116 Full Third
| GWR 1116 Full Third | |
|---|---|
 GWR 1116 Full Third | |
| Built By | GWR Swindon |
| Status | In service |
| Number | 1116 |
| Other numbers | 079157, 99231 |
| History | |
| Built | 1938 |
| Designed By | Collett |
| Diagram | C77 |
| Lot | 1593 |
| Type | TK |
| Length | 60ft 11¼in |
| Weight | 31t 9cwt |
| Seats | 64 third |
| 1969 | Entered preservation on SVR |
GWR Corridor Composite (TK) 1086 is one of four such coaches on the SVR, together with 1086, 1087 and 1146. By the time they were built in 1938, CME Charles Collett had introduced more modern designs to succeed the 'bow-ended' stock. These included large picture windows to replace the external door to every compartment, with 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.[1] These particular coaches have 8 compartments each seating 8 passengers, plus a toilet at each end of the coach.
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Service
All four were built at Swindon to diagram number C77 as lot number 1593, with 1116 entering service in June 1938.[2] Post-nationalisation, passenger service continued with BR(W) with the carriage being re-numbered W1116W in accordance with normal practice.
In 1965, 1116 was one of 9 coaches withdrawn from passenger service to and transferred into Internal User stock to form a test train, based at Swindon, which was used for load testing of diesel locomotives. For this role it received the Internal User number 079157. All four of the SVR TKs also formed part of the Swindon GWR test train.[3]
Preservation
The entire 9-coach test train was sold into preservation in 1969, with the four TKs and Corridor Composite 7284 being bought for the SVR and the others for the GWS at Didcot. All five arrived on the SVR on 19 December.[4] The four acquired by the SVR were restored between 1970 and 1973, and saw service on SVR excursions on the main line as well as on the SVR itself. Heritage carriages used on the main line were assigned TOPS numbers, with 1116 being number 99231.[5]
1116 received a full repaint both inside and out, panel repairs and new upholstery in 2003 and a mechanical inspection and overhaul in 2006.[6] It was repainted at Bridgnorth between May and July 2019.[7] It is finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.
It is owned by a Great Western (SVR) Association member.[8] 1116 is normally used in set GW.
See also
References
- ↑ Harris (1966) p. 104.
- ↑ Longworth (2018) p.55.
- ↑ Longworth (2013) p.172.
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Fifth Edition
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ The Great Western (SVR) Association, 1116 overhaul (Retrieved 10 October 2019)
- ↑ GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019
- ↑ The Great Western (SVR) Association stock list (Retrieved 10 October 2019)
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