BR 4300 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1956

BR 4300 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1956This 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 4300 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1956
BR 4300 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open built 1956

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Built by BRCW
Diagram number 93
Lot number 30207
Type TSO
First Number 4300
Later Numbers Sc4300
Present Number 4300
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1987. At Dean Forest till ca 1995 then at Thingley Junction, Chippenham, till sold 1996. Repainted maroon 2005/06 and in operating set with 9010 and 56279, normally at Barry Heritage Centre platform. To Pontypool & Blaenavon 2/09 and immediately re-upholstered.
Owner Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
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 Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 28/07/2001
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 31/01/2010
Photo by John Bishop
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 02/02/2010


 

  





 
 

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