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}}'''GWR Corridor Composite Third (TK) 1087''' is one of four such coaches on the SVR, together with [[GWR 1086 Full Third |1086]], [[GWR 1116 Full Third |1116]] 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 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.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 104.</ref> These particular coaches have 8 compartments each seating 8 passengers, plus a toilet at each end of the coach.
==Service==
The entire 9-coach test train was sold into preservation in 1969, with the four TKs and [[GWR 7284 Composite|Corridor Composite 7284]] being bought for the SVR and arriving on 19 December. All four Full Thirds were restored between 1970 and 1974, and saw service on [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | SVR excursions on the main line]] in the mid to late 1970s (for which 1087 received [[TOPS codes|TOPS Code]] 99235) as well as on the SVR itself.
1087 is owned by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]].
==See also==
