BR 4690 Mk 1 TSO (now disabled access coach) built 1957

BR 4690 Mk 1 TSO (now disabled access coach) 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 4690 Mk 1 TSO (now disabled access coach) built 1957
BR 4690 Mk 1 TSO (now disabled access coach) built 1957

 

Present Location Severn Valley
Designed For BR
Build Location York
Built by BR
Diagram number 93
Lot number 30375
Type TSO
First Number 4690
Later Numbers E4690
Present Number E4690
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1982 Severn Valley. Conversion/overhaul at Ramparts tofully-equipped disabled access coach. Back to SVR 10/07 where repainted into Maroon and back into service by 8/08.
Owner SVR Rolling Stock Trust/Wolverhampton Branch SVR
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Very 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 Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 19/08/2008
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 03/08/2008
Photo by Dave Rowley
At Risk No


 

  





 

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