LMS 8761 Corridor Composite (later WW2 Ambulance Car) built 1924

LMS 8761 Corridor Composite (later WW2 Ambulance Car) built 1924This 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

LMS 8761 Corridor Composite (later WW2 Ambulance Car) built 1924
LMS 8761 Corridor Composite (later WW2 Ambulance Car) built 1924

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LMS
Build Location Wolverton
Diagram number 1694
Lot number 30
Type CK
First Number 8761
Later Numbers 3515, DM395470 LMS 395470
Present Number LMS 395470
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Ex-WW2 Ambulance? Latterly as Breakdown & Riding Van. P 1982, at Northwich till 1987, then Dinting till 1990. Stored partially sheeted at Ingrow.
Owner Bahamas Locomotive Society
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Satisfactory
Degree of Internal Authenticity Satisfactory
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance some Interest, Modest Consequence
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 02/08/2006
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 

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