SR 4958 Post Office Tender Vehicle built 1939

SR 4958 Post Office Tender Vehicle 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 4958 Post Office Tender Vehicle built 1939
SR 4958 Post Office Tender Vehicle built 1939

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
Designed For SR
Build Location Ashford
Diagram number 3196
Lot number 999
Type POT
First Number 4958
Present Number 4958
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1977, Mid Hants Railway. Built into end of Works building at Ropley. Used as Workshop/Store. To Pontypool Blaenavon 10/07 for restoration - may eventually be used as Santa's Grotto.
Owner Mid Hants Railway
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
Internal Finish Not Applicable
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 15/05/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 15/05/2005
Photo by Kevin Stroud
At Risk No


 

  





 

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