BR 21261 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1963

BR 21261 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1963This 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 21261 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1963
BR 21261 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Composite built 1963

 

Present Location Embsay
Designed For BR
Build Location Derby
Built by BR
Diagram number 171
Lot number 30731
Type BCK
First Number 21261
Later Numbers E21261 YDR 3
Present Number E21261 YDR 3
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1983. Commonwealth bogies replaced by B1 bogies. Disabled conversion to brake area. Part of operational fleet. Maroon livery.
Owner Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Poor but Substantially Complete
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 23/08/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 31/07/2007
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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