BR 51346 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1960

BR 51346 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake 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 51346 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1960
BR 51346 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1960

 

Present Location Swanage
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
Diagram number 534
Lot number 30546
Type DMBS
First Number 51346
Later Numbers W51346
Present Number W51346
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Class 117: P 1994. On North Norfolk Railway with 51388 until both to Swanage 12/03. (The trailer, 59516, to Swanage from NNR 10/04).
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
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 Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 12/08/1999
Surveyor Mike Stanbury
Photo Date 02/04/2002
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  













 

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