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}}'''GWR Corridor Composite 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.

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.

In 1116 continued in passenger service in the BR Western Region until April 1965, 1116 was one of 9 coaches when it withdrawn from passenger service to and transferred into [[Carriage and Wagon numbering# Internal User vehicles|Internal User stock]] to form a as number 079157. It then formed part of GWR's 9-coach '''Swindon 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 full list of the SVR TKs also 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 four GWS at Didcot.<ref>SVR News 157</ref> Four TKs and [[GWR 7284 Composite|Corridor Composite 7284]] being were bought for the SVR by various groups and the others for the GWS at Didcot. All five arrived on the individuals including [[Great Western (SVR on 19 December) Assoc.<ref>| Great Western (SVR Stock Book Fifth Edition) Association]] member AJ Turley</refgroup="note"> The four acquired by Presumably the SVR were restored between 1970 and 1973, and saw service on same AJ Turley who published [[Bibliography#Books|The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on at Kidderminster in the main line | SVR excursions on the main line1940s]] as well as on the in 2005</ref> who secured 1116. All five SVR itself. Heritage carriages used coaches arrived on the main line were assigned TOPS numbers19 December 1969, with 1116 being number 99231in or near running order.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage SurveySVR Stock Book Third Edition, August 1971</ref>

1116 received a full repaint both inside and outwas one of the coaches used in the SVR's first public train hauled by [[3205]] on opening day, panel repairs and new upholstery in 2003 and a mechanical inspection and overhaul in 200623 May 1970.<ref>[http:SVR News 168, 40th Anniversary</ref> By winter 1971/2 only 1116 and 1146 remained to be fully restored,<ref>SVR News 22</www.gw-svr-ref> with 1116 having received only a'quick repaint' and 1146 stored awaiting missing fittings.org.uk/1116_overhaul.html The Great Western (<ref>SVR) AssociationStock Book Fifth Edition, 1116 overhaul] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)September 1974</ref> It In the event 1116 was repainted at Bridgnorth between May and July 2019the 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>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Summer 2019News 41</ref> It is finished 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 1934-42 livery featuring carriages continuing in regular use on the ‘shirt-button’ roundelSVR.

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/1116_overhaul.html The Great Western (SVR) Association, 1116 overhaul] (Retrieved 10 October 2019)</ref> It was repainted 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 owned by a finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the 'shirt-button' roundel.  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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