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GWR 5883 Brake Third

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{{Infobox carriage
|image = GWR Brake Third 58835883_20150320.JPGjpg|caption = GWR 5883 Brake Third(corridor side)
|construc = GWR Swindon
|status = In service
|carno = 58045883
|othernos = 079135, 99230
|designed = Collett
|years6 =
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}}[[File:5883_20150704.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR 5883 is a 57ft Brake Third (compartment side)]]'''GWR Corridor Brake Third 5883''' (BTK) with seating for 32 passengers in 4 compartments, in addition to a large luggage compartment and Guards compartment. It was designed by CB Collett, the CME of the GWR, and built in 1934. Earlier GWR coaches were notable for their bow-ended design, but Collett discontinued this feature in 1933.A total of 33 of these coaches were built between 1934 and 1935 to Diagram D118. They had seating for 32 third class passengers in 4 compartments. One toilet was also provided, together with a large luggage compartment and Guard's compartment, the versatile design making the type ideal for use on rural branch lines such as the Severn Valley Branch.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.74.</ref>
5833 was bought The coaches were the last 57ft body corridor stock built by the [[Great Western (SVR) AssocGWR and the last traditional side-corridor type with a separate outside access door to each compartment. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]] arriving on 6 April 1973 from Briton Ferry in South WalesAlthough the bow-end was discarded and straight body sides with standard curved bottom panels used, where it had been in use as an engineers vehicle. Following restorationthey were inwardly little changed, it entered service placing them in 1976, when for a time it was used as part of the transition between the bow-ended era and the more modern pre-war stock.<ref>[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main lineBibliography#SVR Carriages used on the main line Other References| GWR rake of carriages used on the main lineHarris (1966)]] as well as on the SVR itselfp. Actress Joan Hickson travelled in one of the compartments during filming of [[Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington]] in 198798.</ref><ref namegroup=SVR149"note">SVR News 149Harris includes these coaches in the chapter on the Bow-ended era</ref> The coach was also used Both Diagram D118 examples surviving in Carlton's made-for-TV movie 'preservation can be seen on the SVR, the other being [[Goodnight Mister TomGWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]]' in 1998 along with two other Great Western coaches.
==Service==5883 underwent an overhaul was one of 10 built at Swindon in 1991-92 1934 as Lot 1514. It saw service with the GWR and again in 2004later with BR(W) renumbered as W5883W.In December 1962 it was renumbered 079135, having been transferred into the Internal User stock as an engineers' vehicle<ref name=SVR149Longworth/> During , ending its days as a later overhaul it was one of mess van with the first signal and telegraph department at Briton Ferry in South Wales<ref name=SB9/><ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/5883.html GW(SVR coaches to have the seating renewed with reproduction GWR-pattern upholstery)A]</ref>.
==Preservation==
5833 was acquired by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]], arriving from Briton Ferry on 6 April 1973. Much of the interior had been gutted and the vehicle was intended to be scrapped after recovery of spares for use on the restoration of other carriages. However it was found to be in such a good structurally sound condition that it was decided to restore the carriage instead.<ref>SVR News 37</ref>
 
Restoration began at Bewdley and by spring 1974 5883 had been stripped externally, with some of the panels being replaced. The internal compartment partitions had been replaced, and the lengthy process of fitting out and repainting was under way.<ref>SVR News 31</ref> That summer the coach was one of a number of items of SVR rolling stock requested to take part in the 150th Anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington event at Shildon in August, 1975.<ref>SVR News 32</ref> However by that time the work was still unfinished, with restoration of the NRM’s GWR "Quick Lunch Bar Car" 9631 having taken priority.<ref>SVR News 36</ref> 5883 was eventually completed at the end of the year, allowing an entry into SVR service in 1976.
 
During 1976 the SVR assembled a [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | rake of 11 GWR carriages for use on the main line]]. The set, which included newly-restored 5883, was on around half a dozen rail tours between November 1976 and November 1978. The carriages were given TOPS numbers for main line use, with 5883 being allocated number 99230.
 
During 1981, 5883 spent most of the year in Bewdley paint shop undergoing an overhaul, being stripped to the frames in the process. Leaking gutters were replaced with new guttering and a number of rotten panels were also replaced. At the same time the opportunity was taken to replace the glass removed with toughened glass. All the doors were removed, stripped down and repaired before being rehung. The droplights were removed and repaired or replaced and fitted throughout with new straps. The interior of the brake end was burned off, repainted and re-grained, and the compartments and corridor re-varnished. The carriage was repainted and lettered in 1934 livery. 5883 was also reupholstered with new specially made 1934 GWR pattern material.<ref>SVR News 59, 62, 66</ref>
 
Actress Joan Hickson travelled in one of the compartments of 5883 during filming of [[Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington]] in 1987.<ref name=SVR149>SVR News 149</ref>
 
5883 underwent further repairs at Bewdley in 1991. A section of bottom stringer had to be replaced along with some of the exterior cladding sheets. The interior was in reasonable condition, needing only a few tongue-and-groove boards to be replaced in the corridor followed by repainting and re-varnishing. the interior. The carriage was then moved to Kidderminster and lifted for a bogie change, together with repairs to the draw gear, vacuum and steam heating gear.<ref>SVR News 100</ref> Another ‘5-yearly lift’ was carried out in 1997, during which brake shafts and hangers were repaired.<ref>SVR News 125</ref>
 
5883 made another television appearance when it was used in Carlton's made-for-TV movie '[[Goodnight Mister Tom]]' in 1998 along with two other Great Western coaches.
 
5883 underwent another heavy overhaul in 2004. SVR News reported that 5883 had "...''broken all records for its length of stay in [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Paint Shop]]''", a facility normally intended for quick turn-round repairs and repaints. On this occasion many of the faults found were not evident until work had started, requiring a ‘press on regardless’ approach.<ref>SVR News 149</ref> The GW(SVR)A website has a [http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/5883_overhaul.html page documenting the work carried out during the overhaul] which ended with a return to service in August 2004. Shortly afterwards 5883 was one of four carriages used in the filming of [[The Chronicles Of Narnia]], appearing in the evacuation train behind [[7802|7802 Bradley Manor]]. The newly re-painted white roof was too bright for the producers so was heavily toned down for filming.
 
5883 is still owned by the GW(SVR)A and is normally used in set GW2.
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
==References==
SVR Stock Book 9th Edition<brreferences/>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey==Notes==<references group="note"/>
==Links==
[[Category: Carriage Type BTK]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
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