LMS 12244 Nine compartment Third built 1950

LMS 12244 Nine compartment Third built 1950This 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 12244 Nine compartment Third built 1950
LMS 12244 Nine compartment Third built 1950

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LMS
Build Location Wolverton
Built by BR
Diagram number 2124
Lot number 1633
Type T
First Number 12244
Later Numbers DM395928
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P? Southport, converted to DT 1983 for use on site: to Padiham 1990-94. Most doors blanked/missing. One of only two LMS 9 cmpt 3rds, Stanier from original Midland designs. By 8/06 fully sheeted and OOU at Oxenhope. See also 12066.
Owner Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Derelict/Not Present
Underframe Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of External Authenticity Fair
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance of some Importance
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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