Pullman LNER 261 CAR NO 83 Pullman Parlour Third built 1931

Pullman LNER 261 CAR NO 83 Pullman Parlour Third built 1931This 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

Pullman LNER 261 CAR NO 83 Pullman Parlour Third built 1931
Pullman LNER 261 CAR NO 83 Pullman Parlour Third built 1931

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For Pullman LNER
Built by BRCW
Diagram number P
Type TP
First Number 261 CAR NO 83
Later Numbers LNER 483, PRINIA, 99203
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Car K. Loaned to LNER 1942-8. P 1967 by Bulmers and used as Museum Car in the 'Cider Train'. Sold to VSOE 1986, at Swindon till 1987 then Stewarts Lane. Now has "Brighton Belle" seating, with Bulmers livery surviving. To WVR 6/02: restoration now in hand.
Owner VSOE UK Pullman
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Not Applicable
Internal Finish Not Applicable
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
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 Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 02/08/2006
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 

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