LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third built 1910

LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third built 1910This 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

LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third built 1910
LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third built 1910

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LYR
Build Location Newton Heath
Diagram number 94
Lot number D26
Type BT
First Number 1474
Later Numbers 12883, M23964M, K&WVR 102
Present Number 1474
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Staff Mess Van from 1950s. Thought to be last L&Y vehicle in use on BR. P 1965 by L&Y Saddletanks Fund (now L&YRPS). Restoration begun 1974, virtually completed 1998. In seasonal use on Vintage Trains, generally on display Oxenhope Exhibition building.
Owner Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Secure Building
Operating Yes
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 28/09/2002
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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