GWR 9605 Restaurant Composite built 1930

GWR 9605 Restaurant Composite built 1930This 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

GWR 9605 Restaurant Composite built 1930
GWR 9605 Restaurant Composite built 1930

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For GWR
Build Location Swindon
Diagram number H38
Lot number 1451
Type RC
First Number 9605
Later Numbers DW150330
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1976 but kept in store by NRM. Restn by Resco began 1983: not completed; to Wroughton 1986, there in dismantled condition till sold 1994 Blaenavon. Body framing only (no cladding) - is completely gutted: some internals are however in store. For sale by 8/09.
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Internal Structural Condition Derelict/Not Present
Underframe Condition Fair
External Finish Derelict/Not Present
Degree of External Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Not Applicable
Degree of External Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 13/08/2009


 

  





 

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