BR 3081 Mk 1 First Open (scrapped) built 1957

BR 3081 Mk 1 First Open (scrapped) built 1957This 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

BR 3081 Mk 1 First Open (scrapped) built 1957
BR 3081 Mk 1 First Open (scrapped) built 1957

 

Present Location SCRAPPED
Designed For BR
Built by BRCW
Diagram number 77
Lot number 30359
Type FO
First Number 3081
Later Numbers DVR 99600
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Additional Notes Experimental. P pre 1977, at South Devon till 1995. Then Pontypool & Blaenavon, where noted as stored for Bridgend Valleys RS - but to Kineton by 12/00, then MoD Caerwent 10/06 pending asbestos removal, but scrapped there.
Rarity Unique
Photo Date 04/04/1996
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 13/08/2009


 

  





 
 

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