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{{Infobox carriage|image = 5883_20150320.jpg|caption = GWR 5883 Brake Third (corridor side)|construc = GWR Swindon|status = In service|carno = 5883|othernos = 079135, 99230|designed = Collett|diagram = D118|lot = 1514|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BTK|BTK]]|length = 57ft 0in|weight = 29t 17cwt|built = 1934|seats = 32 third|years1 = 1973|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File:GWR Brake Third 58835883_20150704.JPGjpg|thumb|200px300px|right|GWR 5883 Brake Third(compartment side)]]'''GWR Corridor Brake Third 5883''' (BTK) was designed by CB Collett, the CME of the GWR. 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>

5883 is a The coaches were the last 57ft Corridor Brake Third (BTK) body corridor stock built by the GWR and the last traditional side-corridor type with seating for 32 passengers in 4 compartments, in addition a separate outside access door to a large luggage compartment and Guards each compartment. It Although the bow-end was designed by CB Collettdiscarded and straight body sides with standard curved bottom panels used, they were inwardly little changed, placing them in the CME of transition between the GWR, bow-ended era and built in 1934the more modern pre-war stock.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 98. Earlier GWR </ref><ref group="note">Harris includes these coaches were notable for their bowin the chapter on the Bow-ended designera</ref> Both Diagram D118 examples surviving in preservation can be seen on the SVR, but Collett discontinued this feature in 1933the other being [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]].

5833 ==Service==5883 was bought by one of 10 built at Swindon in 1934 as Lot 1514. It saw service with the [[Great Western GWR and later with BR(SVRW) Assocrenumbered as W5883W. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]] in 1973 from Briton Ferry in South WalesIn December 1962 it was renumbered 079135, where it had having been in use transferred into the Internal User stock as an engineers ' vehicle. Following restoration<ref name=Longworth/>, it entered service ending its days as a mess van with the signal and telegraph department at Briton Ferry in 1976South Wales<ref name=SB9/><ref>[http://www. In gw-svr-a later overhaul, .org.uk/5883 was one of the first .html GW(SVR coaches to have the seating renewed with reproduction GWR-pattern upholstery)A]</ref>.

==SourcesPreservation==5833 was acquired by the [[Great Western (SVR Stock Book 9th Edition) 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.<brref>SVR News 37</ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey

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