BR 96327 Four-wheel Horse Box: now Steam Heat Van built 1957

BR 96327 Four-wheel Horse Box: now Steam Heat Van built 1957This 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

BR 96327 Four-wheel Horse Box: now Steam Heat Van built 1957
BR 96327 Four-wheel Horse Box: now Steam Heat Van built 1957

 

Present Location Lakeside Haverthwaite
Designed For BR
Build Location Earlestown
Built by BR
Diagram number 751
Lot number 30146
Type HBY
First Number 96327
Later Numbers E96327, DE321100, 041554
Present Number E96327
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4 wheel
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Converted by BR from Horse Box to Steam Heat Van: used on Worth Valley Railway as stationary train heat boiler at Oxenhope. To LHR by end 2007 and in secure storage at GlaxoSmithKline, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston. To Lakeside Railway by 5/08.
Owner Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
External Structural Condition Fair
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Finish Fair
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Secure Open
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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