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Steam locomotives provided with the equipment to be used as an auto-train are said to be auto-fitted. The driver operates the regulator, brakes and whistle from the autocoach; the fireman remains on the locomotive and in addition to firing, also controls the valve gear settings. The driver, guard and fireman can communicate with each other by an electric bell system.
Many Autocoaches were rebuilt from [[GWR Steam Railmotor | steam railmotors]], although both examples on the SVR were built as autocoaches from new.
W238 was built at Swindon in 1954, after nationalisation, to a Hawksworth design. It was originally preserved at the Paignton & Dartmouth, before moving to the Dean Forest railway in May 2008. The Severn Valley Carriage Restoration Department at Bewdley carried out a full restoration as a contract job, which was completed by June 2011. This included a repaint into early 1960s BR lined maroon livery and application of the name "Chaffinch" (as intended when originally built, but never carried).
