SR 798 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1939

SR 798 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1939This 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 798 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1939
SR 798 Van C (BY) Guard/luggage Four wheel van built 1939

 

Present Location Embsay
Designed For SR
Build Location Eastleigh
Diagram number 3092
Lot number 1030
Type BY
First Number 798
Later Numbers YDR 20, YDR 25
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4 wheel
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1979? Brake version of CCT, of which few survive. Generator, electrics, battery box missing. Restoration into original Southern Railway dark green almost complete when seen 8/05 (one side still in undercoat).
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Satisfactory
Internal Finish Fair
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
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 Satisfactory
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Several
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 23/08/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 31/07/2007
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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