LMS 378 12 wheel First Sleeper built 1950

LMS 378 12 wheel First Sleeper built 1950This 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

LMS 378 12 wheel First Sleeper built 1950
LMS 378 12 wheel First Sleeper built 1950

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For LMS
Build Location Wolverton
Built by BR
Diagram number 2166
Lot number 1570
Type SLF
First Number 378
Later Numbers M378M, DB975181
Present Number M378M
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 6-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1979, NYMR. Interior, underframe equipment partially removed (except bogies). Asbestos stripped ca 1988. Churnet Valley 2/01: Pontypool & Blaenavon 9/06 for volunteer accommodation: 2/08 being plumbed for showers etc.
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Poor and Incomplete
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
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 Satisfactory
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Satisfactory
Rarity Several
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 23/08/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 23/08/2005
Photo by Kevin Stroud
At Risk No


 

  





 

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