BR 25444 Mk 1 Corridor Second built 1957

BR 25444 Mk 1 Corridor Second 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 25444 Mk 1 Corridor Second built 1957
BR 25444 Mk 1 Corridor Second built 1957

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Build Location Wolverton
Built by BR
Diagram number 146
Lot number 30350
Type SK
First Number 25444
Later Numbers 18444
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1985. In workshop for (almost completed) repaint etc when seen 7/99. Back in service - but planned to be taken out of traffic for 2008 for brake cylinder replacement/repairs.
Owner Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Company
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Secure Building
Operating Yes
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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