BR 4037 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1955

BR 4037 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1955This 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 4037 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1955
BR 4037 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1955

 

Present Location East Somerset
Designed For BR
Build Location Swindon
Built by BR
Diagram number 93
Lot number 30149
Type TSO
First Number 4037
Later Numbers S4037 KESR 65
Present Number 65
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Built Swindon/Ashford. P 1977, at KESR till 1995. Restored to a maroon livery for KESR. Well graffiti'd; also fire damaged one end. From Robertsbridge to East Somerset Railway 02/11 for refurbishment.
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Satisfactory
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Satisfactory
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Fair
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 06/03/1999
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 18/05/2013
Photo by Alan Tagg
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 25/05/2013


 

  










 


 

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