LMS 16122 Third Open built 1925

LMS 16122 Third Open built 1925This 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 16122 Third Open built 1925
LMS 16122 Third Open built 1925

 

Present Location Peak Rail
Designed For LMS
Build Location Derby
Diagram number 1692
Lot number 154
Type TO
First Number 16122
Later Numbers 7828 M7828M DM395345
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Mess & Staff car, LMR Control Train. P 1980. Partially restored by Derby Works apprentices, but not completed - then stored NRM till to Peak Rail Rowsley late 2003 on 10-year loan to LMS Coach Association for restoration (now started) and then special-occasion use.
Owner National Railway Museum
External Structural Condition Fair
Internal Structural Condition Satisfactory
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
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 Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 16/03/2004
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 01/12/2009
Photo by LMSCA
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 07/01/2010


 

  













 

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