BR 51397 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1960

BR 51397 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1960This 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 51397 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1960
BR 51397 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1960

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
Diagram number 535
Lot number 30548
Type DMS
First Number 51397
Later Numbers W51397
Present Number 51397
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes 1959? Class 117. P 5/1994, at Chinnor till 1997: then Stratford & Broadway Railway, at MoD Long Marston. Purchased privately and to Pontypool & Blaenavon Autumn 2001. With 51351 enjoyed successful test run by 2/08; both repainted into "shiny green".
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Fair
Internal Finish Satisfactory
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/11/1999
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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