LYR 1507 Six-wheel 5 compartment Third built 1882

LYR 1507 Six-wheel 5 compartment Third built 1882This 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 1507 Six-wheel 5 compartment Third built 1882
LYR 1507 Six-wheel 5 compartment Third built 1882

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LYR
Build Location Newton Heath
Diagram number 8
Type TZ
First Number 1507
Present Number 1507
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 6 wheel
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes W 1910. G Valley Gardens, Hapton, Burnley (1 of 2 saved from ca 12 L&Y bodies). P 1991. Restored by 2005: on u/f of 1938 LMS BGZ M32988M, extended 8" by fitting extra buffer beams ex LMS BG 31384. Vintage Train: usually displayed at Oxenhope Museum.
Owner Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Satisfactory
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Few
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Secure Building
Operating Yes
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 13/05/2005
Photo by Michael Cope
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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