BR 21034 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1954

BR 21034 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1954This 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 21034 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1954
BR 21034 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1954

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Built by Metro Cammell
Diagram number 171
Lot number 30132
Type BCK
First Number 21034
Later Numbers M21034 99781
Present Number 21034
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Leased by MNLPS 1985-8. P 1989 on WSR. By 4/00 to ESR for overhaul: didn't happen. Blaenavon 1/05. Interior bought for 21249 restoration (qv). Not in good order - but by 2/08 being restored back to Carmine & Cream but with a 1980s blue interior.
Owner Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 19/05/2005
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 10/04/2004
Photo by Cobb
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 13/08/2009


 

  





 

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