NSR 127 Four-wheel Brake (body only) built 1889

NSR 127 Four-wheel Brake (body only) built 1889This 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

NSR 127 Four-wheel Brake (body only) built 1889
NSR 127 Four-wheel Brake (body only) built 1889

 

Present Location Foxfield
Designed For NSR
Type TY
First Number 127
Present Number 127
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Body only
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes Date: "1880's". Body P 1980: previously store shed on farm at Ecton, Manifold Valley. Was withdrawn before new 127 built to Diagram 12 in period 1891-1907. Photo Mark Smith/Foxfield Railway Virtual Stocklist.
Owner Foxfield Light Railway Society Ltd
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Derelict/Not Present
Underframe Condition Not Applicable
External Finish Derelict/Not Present
Internal Finish Gutted
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Not Applicable
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Not Applicable
Rarity Few
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 30/08/1998
Surveyor Ian Smith
Photo Date 22/01/2007
Photo by Brian Stanley
At Risk No


 

  





 

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