GWR 5539 5-compartment Collett Brake Third built 1928

GWR 5539 5-compartment Collett Brake Third built 1928This 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

GWR 5539 5-compartment Collett Brake Third built 1928
GWR 5539 5-compartment Collett Brake Third built 1928

 

Present Location Gloucs Warks
Designed For GWR
Build Location Swindon
Diagram number D101
Lot number 1392
Type BT
First Number 5539
Later Numbers DW150328
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1967, SVR till 1973, stored till 1976 then at Llangollen (that Railway's first coach) till c 1986 then at Southport: to Blaenavon by 1996. Very poor condition - most of one side missing. Seating etc present. To Gloucs Warks 10/07 for restoration.
Owner Private: Member of Gwent 108 Group
External Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Derelict/Not Present
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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