LSWR 70 Restaurant Composite built 1907

LSWR 70 Restaurant Composite built 1907This 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

LSWR 70 Restaurant Composite built 1907
LSWR 70 Restaurant Composite built 1907

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For LSWR
Build Location Eastleigh
Diagram number 42
Lot number 1601
Type RC
First Number 70
Later Numbers 4132, 7832, WS1641, ARMY 3321
Present Number LSWR 70
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Clerestory roof removed 1931 convsn to Nondescript Saloon. Ambulance Coach 1943: Netley; Longmoor; Marchwood. P 78, Mid Hants till ca 93. 2000: planned restore to 1931 condition, but buffet counter in central area. Problems mean this is further delayed.
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Fair
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 25/07/1999
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 01/06/2004
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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