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{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR_1116_20150411.jpg |caption = GWR 1116 Full Third|construc = GWR Swindon|status = In service|carno = 1116|othernos = W1116W, 079157, 99231|designed = Collett|diagram = C77|lot = 1593|cartype = [[File:GWR C77 Category:Carriage Type TK|TK 1116 at Bridgnorth.jpg]]|length = 60ft 11&frac14;in|weight = 31t 9cwt|built = 1938|seats = 64 third|years1 = 1969|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |200pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = |events6 = }}'''GWR Corridor Third (TK) 1116 ''' is one of four such coaches on the SVR, 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 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.

1116 is one of ==Service==All four 1938-were built Collett Corridor Third (TK) coaches on the SVRat Swindon as part of Lot number 1593 to Diagram C77, along with 1116 entering service in June 1938.<ref>[[GWR 1086 Full Third Bibliography#Other References|1086Longworth (2018)]]p.55.</ref> Post-nationalisation, [[GWR 1087 Full Third |1087]] passenger service continued with BR(W) with the carriage initially being re-numbered W1116 at nationalisation and [[GWR 1146 Full Third |1146]]. They were built at Swindon to diagram number C77 as lot number 1593then W1116W following the introduction of BR Mk 1 coaches in accordance with normal practice.

After 1116 continued in passenger servicein the BR Western Region until April 1965, 1116 was later numbered 079157 when it withdrawn and transferred into [[Carriage and 99231. The former Wagon numbering# Internal User vehicles|Internal User stock]] as number signified Departmental Coaching stock within the Western Region that did not normally move or had its movements confined to a particular depot or yard079157. The latter number signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use; all four of the SVR TKs It then formed part of the GWR's 9-coach '''Swindon GWR test train ''' which was used for load testing of diesel locomotives, the full list of coaches being<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.172. </ref>:

The entire 9{| class="wikitable"|IU Number || BR(W) Number || Coach type || Current status|-coach test train was sold into preservation in 1969|079151 || W7362W || Brake Corridor Composite, with the four coaches being bought for the 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. All four Full Thirds were restored between 1970 and 1973asp?Ref=229 RHR Online, 7313]</ref>|- |079156 || W7284W || Corridor Composite, and saw service on Diagram E162 || Preserved SVR excursions on the main line as well as on the |-|079157 || W1116W || Corridor Third, Diagram C77 || Preserved SVR itself|-|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>|}

As ==Preservation==Early in 1969, BR decided to dispose of July 2015the Swindon Test Train. SVR member David Rouse negotiated the purchase of the complete train for preservation, 1116 is in service with four of the coaches being acquired by the GWS at Didcot.<ref>SVR News 157</ref> Four TKs and is normally used in set GW2. It is finished in [[GWR 1934-42 livery featuring 7284 Composite|Corridor Composite 7284]] were bought for the ‘shirt-button’ roundel. It is owned SVR by various groups and individuals including [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. Association]] member AJ Turley<ref group="note">Presumably the same AJ Turley who published [[Bibliography#Books| The Great Western (SVR) AssociationRailway 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>

==Sources==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey1116 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.<brref>SVR Stock Book Ninth 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.

==Links==In 1984 proposals were made for the SVR to make around 8 items of coaching stock available for the following year's GWR 150 celebrations, with 1116 or 1087 being considered 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>SVR 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/10861116_overhaul.html The Great Western (SVR) Association, 1116 overhaul] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)</ref> It was repainted again between May and July 2019, on wwwthis occasion in Bridgnorth paint shop, with the locks receiving attention at Kidderminster.gw<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019</ref><ref>SVR News 207</ref> It is finished in GWR 1934-svr42 livery featuring the 'shirt-button' roundel.  In September 2023 it entered [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|Bridgnorth Loco Works paintshop]] for apaintwork/varnish refresh, one of several carriages that received attention there.org The [[Great Western (SVR) Association]] stock list includes 1116 but notes that it is still owned by one of their members.uk]<brref>[http://www.csgw-svr-a.vintagecarriagestrustorg.orguk/sestock_list.html The Great Western (SVR) Association stock list] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)</CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=101 ref> 1116 on www.vintagecarriagestrustis normally used in [[Carriages#The carriage sets|set GW2]].org]

==See also==

[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==Notes==<brreferences group="note"/>: [[GWR 1087 Full Third | Previous ]]==References==<brreferences/> ==Links==*[http: //www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/1086.html 1116 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk]*[[GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake | Next ]http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=101 1116 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]

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