LNER 43654 Gresley Open Third converted to Restaurant Car built 1935

LNER 43654 Gresley Open Third converted to Restaurant Car built 1935This 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 43654 Gresley Open Third converted to Restaurant Car built 1935
LNER 43654 Gresley Open Third converted to Restaurant Car built 1935

 

Present Location North Yorkshire Moors
Designed For LNER
Build Location York
Diagram number 186
Lot number 559
Type TO
First Number 43654
Later Numbers 13407, DE321001, YDR 20
Present Number 43654
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Additional Notes Withdrawn 1961 for ER Control Train as Office Coach.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. Converted at Embsay to high standard: complete but sympathetic change of use in style of LNER 1st Class vehicle. To NYMR and repainted 'teak' by 5/06. Carries legend "Restaurant Car".
Owner North Yorkshire Moors Railway
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of Internal Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Fair
Degree of Internal Authenticity Poor
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 06/05/2006
Surveyor Mike Porter
Photo Date 05/06/2012
Photo by Steve West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 19/06/2012


 

  













 

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