SR 440 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1937

SR 440 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1937This 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

SR 440 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1937
SR 440 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1937

 

Present Location Robertsbridge
Designed For SR
Build Location Eastleigh
Diagram number 3092
Lot number 928
Type BY
First Number 440
Later Numbers S440S KESR 66
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4 wheel
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1977. KESR: at Robertsbridge by 6/99. Undergoing restoration. Offered for sale 7/99 following dispute with Rother Valley Railway. Still there 4/04: carries no identification at all.
Owner Tenterden Rolling Stock Group
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
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 Very Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 06/03/1999
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 29/09/2001
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  










 


 

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