LNER 52256 Gresley TO (ex Control Train) built 1935

LNER 52256 Gresley TO (ex Control Train) 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 52256 Gresley TO (ex Control Train) built 1935
LNER 52256 Gresley TO (ex Control Train) built 1935

 

Present Location North Norfolk
Designed For LNER
Build Location York
Diagram number 186
Lot number 594
Type TO
First Number 52256
Later Numbers 13548, DE321002, YDR 21
Present Number 21
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes W 1961 for ER Control Train. P 1980. Interior stripped. Met Camm bogies (only). Battery box etc not present. At Embsay, privately owned: to North Norfolk 12/00, for planned restoration as "East Anglian" First Open or End Vestibule Side Corridor Composite.
Owner Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Fair
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Derelict/Not Present
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
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 Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity None
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/04/1997
Surveyor Vijay Singh
Photo Date 01/08/2000
At Risk No


 

  













 

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