BR 80591 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1955

BR 80591 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1955This 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 80591 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1955
BR 80591 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1955

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For BR
Build Location Wolverton
Built by BR
Diagram number 711
Lot number 30040
Type BG
First Number 80591
Later Numbers M80591 KWVR 117
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1987. Missing lights, some other fittings. Currently used as stores vehicle at Oxenhope.
Owner Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Satisfactory
Internal Finish Satisfactory
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
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 Yes
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 02/08/2006
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 

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