MR 238 Third Corridor: regauged for NCC use built 1922

MR 238 Third Corridor: regauged for NCC use built 1922This 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

MR 238 Third Corridor: regauged for NCC use built 1922
MR 238 Third Corridor: regauged for NCC use built 1922

 

Present Location Embsay
Designed For MR
Build Location Derby
Diagram number 1282, (J12)
Lot number 973
Type TK
First Number 238
Later Numbers 340
Present Number 238
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes Re-bogied for 5 ft 3 in when to NCC in 1942 to replace war-damaged stock. Rebuilt by UTA as 340. P 1975 by RPSI at Whitehead. This and coach MR 241 only two survivors from 6 sent to NI at that time. To Embsay late 2004. Still awaiting new bogies 8/05.
Owner Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Satisfactory
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Fair
Internal Finish Satisfactory
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 23/08/2005
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 31/07/2007
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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