LNER 23953 Gresley Open Third built 1936

LNER 23953 Gresley Open Third built 1936This 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

LNER 23953 Gresley Open Third built 1936
LNER 23953 Gresley Open Third built 1936

 

Present Location East Anglian Railway Museum
Designed For LNER
Diagram number 186
Type TO
First Number 23953
Later Numbers 13251
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Withdrawn 1961, overhauled 1975 for ScR Control Train, then 1980 to NRM. Withdrawn from National Collection; to Chappel 1995. Query where built - may be Metro Cammell (John Robinson: BRCW 1935). Noted as for sale 1/00. However, by 08/11 in good order with blanked-out windows, as seen in the second photo.
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Satisfactory
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Fair
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Several
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 26/04/1997
Surveyor Paul Holroyd
Photo Date 28/07/2002
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 26/05/2012

As seen 08/11.
As seen 08/11.


 

  










 





 

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