GWR 6479 Engineer's Saloon built 1910

GWR 6479 Engineer's Saloon built 1910This 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 6479 Engineer's Saloon built 1910
GWR 6479 Engineer's Saloon built 1910

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For GWR
Build Location Swindon
Diagram number Q1
Lot number 1170
Type SPEC
First Number 6479
Later Numbers 80977
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Gloucester District Engineer's Saloon built using u/f ex Manchester & Milford Railway Composite No. 14 (listed as No. 149 some sources) built Ashbury 1895, becoming GWR No. 7900 in 1906 and withdrawn 1908. P pre 1972, at S Devon till 1993.
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Much 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 Good
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

Start Another Search - Vintage Carriages Trust Web Site