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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR E164 CK 7284 at Bridgnorth.jpg|thumbcaption = GWR 7284 Composite|300pxconstruc = GWR Swindon|rightstatus = In service|GWR carno = 7284 Composite|othernos = 079156, 99236|designed = Collett|diagram = E162|lot = 1639|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type CK|CK]]|length = 59ft 10in|weight = 31t 5cwt|built = 1941|seats = 24 first, 24 third|years1 = 1969|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GWR Corridor Composite (CK) 7284 was built at Swindon in June 1941 as lot number 1639 to diagram E162. The term ‘composite’ refers to a carriage having more than one class of seating, in this case both first and third class compartments.
==See also==[[Carriages| List of carriagesCategory: Carriage Type CK]]<br>: [[GWR 6913 Brake Composite | Previous ]]<br>Category: [[GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon | Next Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
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After passenger service, 7284 was later numbered 079156 and 99236. The former number signified Departmental Coaching stock within the Western Region that did not normally move or had its movements confined to a particular depot or yard. The latter number signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use and related to 7284’s inclusion in the Swindon GWR test train which was used for load testing of diesel locomotives.
The entire 9-coach test train was sold into preservation in 1969, with 7284 being bought for the SVR along with four Full Third (TK) carriages, arriving on 19 December. It was first restored in in 1971 when owned by Mr Peter Waite, but is now . In the mid-1970s it was used as part of the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR rake of carriages used on the main line]] as well as on the SVR itself. Now owned by [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]]. It , it is regularly used in Set GW2, [[Carriages#The carriage sets|set GW]] and is finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.
==SourcesSee also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>
==Links==
*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/7284.html 7284 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=227 7284 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line] {{CarriageNavbox}}
