BR 4588 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open (now Bar Car) built 1956

BR 4588 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open (now Bar Car) 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 4588 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open (now Bar Car) built 1956
BR 4588 Mk 1 Tourist Second Open (now Bar Car) built 1956

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For BR
Build Location York
Built by BR
Diagram number 93
Lot number 30243
Type TSO
First Number 4588
Later Numbers KWVR 25, THE JUBILEE BAR
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1976. Converted Mk 1 TSO. Internally stripped and modified to meet new requirements of Operator as a Bar Car, painted in Pullman livery, named in honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Usually on display/stored in Oxenhope Exhibition building.
Owner Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Satisfactory
Degree of Internal Authenticity Poor but Substantially Complete
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity n/a
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Secure Building
Operating Yes
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 28/09/2002
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 

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