BR 60117 SR DEMU Class 205 DMBSO ( built 1957

BR 60117 SR DEMU Class 205 DMBSO ( built 1957This 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 60117 SR DEMU Class 205 DMBSO ( built 1957
BR 60117 SR DEMU Class 205 DMBSO ( built 1957

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For BR
Build Location Eastleigh
Built by BR
Lot number 30332
Type DMBSO
First Number 60117
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Ashford/Eastleigh. With 60674 and 60828 make up Unit 1118. With 60828 to Pontypool & Blaenavon 6/05. (TS 60674 for scrapping at Caerwent).
Rarity Few
Photo Date 31/01/2010
Photo by John Bishop
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 02/02/2010


 

    
 

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