BR 81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1958

BR 81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1958This 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 81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1958
BR 81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake built 1958

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
Diagram number 711
Lot number 30400
Type BG
First Number 81453
Later Numbers M81453 NEX92311
Present Number NEX92311
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes BR1 bogies changed to Commonwealth on conversion to NEX (parcels sector). Riviera Trains: to Blaenavon 9/04. Repainted from Parcels livery to maroon and renumbered back to M81453. After further work, back into service 6/06.
Owner Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Company
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
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 Very Good
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 24/09/2004
Surveyor John Down
Photo Date 24/09/2004
Photo by John Down
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 13/08/2009


 

  





 
 

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