LNER 24109 Gresley Open Third built 1936

LNER 24109 Gresley Open Third built 1936This page is a part of the Herritage Railways Carriage Survey project and is hosted on the internet by The Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a volunteer body, based on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in the United Kingdom. About the Trust: The Vintage Carriages Trust was formed in the late 1960s by a group of volunteers whose interest was in wooden bodied railway carriages. They could see that there was a need to concentrate on the preservation of these historic items which were in grave danger of disappearing due to the weather and vandalism damage and unsuitability for regular use on preserved railways of the day. The Trust became a Registered Charity in 1981 and a Registered Museum in 1992. The Collection held by the Trust is at present nine historic railway carriages, also three small industrial steam locomotives, and a collection of railway posters and other miscellaneous railway items. The Trust owns the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow - the first station from Keighley on the Worth Valley Railway. By three phases of building work over the last ten years this has developed into a large museum display and associated workshop, and is the Trust’s headquarters. Although the building is named a

LNER 24109 Gresley Open Third built 1936
LNER 24109 Gresley Open Third built 1936

 

Present Location North Yorkshire Moors
Designed For LNER
Built by BRCW
Diagram number 186
Type TO
First Number 24109
Later Numbers 13320, TDE320956
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Withdrawn 1961 for ER Control Train as Office Coach. P 1980 by LNERCA member. Has been fully re-paneled: varnishing completed other than some attention to water ingress etc. to be fitted with redundant Mk 1 TSO seating (ex 4425).
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Not Applicable
Underframe Condition Poor and Incomplete
External Finish Fair
Internal Finish Gutted
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Fair
Degree of Internal Authenticity Poor
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Several
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/04/2003
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 12/04/2003
At Risk No


 

  










 


 

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