BR 10698 Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper built 1981

BR 10698 Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper built 1981This 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 10698 Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper built 1981
BR 10698 Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper built 1981

 

Present Location Embsay
Designed For BR
Build Location Derby
Built by BR
Diagram number 7
Lot number 30961
Type SLEP
First Number 10698
Later Numbers DSB 50 86 75-72 098-3
Present Number 50 86 75-72 098-3
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper. Used for a time by Danish State Railways: still in DSB "crescent moon and stars" livery. Much equipment stripped from underframe. Was placed on Commonwealth bogies. Being rewired for use as volunteers' overnight accommodation.
Owner Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Satisfactory
Internal Finish 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 Satisfactory
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 23/08/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 15/03/2009
Photo by John Bishop
At Risk No


 

  





 

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