LYR 47 Blackpool Club Car (body only) built 1912

LYR 47 Blackpool Club Car (body only) built 1912This 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

LYR 47 Blackpool Club Car (body only) built 1912
LYR 47 Blackpool Club Car (body only) built 1912

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LYR
Build Location Newton Heath
Diagram number 126
Lot number E28
Type SAL
First Number 47
Later Numbers 10721, 820
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes W 1951. G as cricket pavilion at Borrowash, Derbyshire. Very early steel bodyside panelling. Being restored with mainly original material. Replacement doors made using one original as template. On u/f of Mk 1 S E46145 (qv). Only surviving Club Car?
Owner Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Not Applicable
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Not Applicable
Degree of External Authenticity Satisfactory
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Not Applicable
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 28/08/2006
Photo by Kevin Stroud
At Risk No


 

  





 

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