LMS 32988 Gangwayed Full 'Stove' Brake (underframe only) built 1938

LMS 32988 Gangwayed Full 'Stove' Brake (underframe only) built 1938This 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 32988 Gangwayed Full 'Stove' Brake (underframe only) built 1938
LMS 32988 Gangwayed Full 'Stove' Brake (underframe only) built 1938

 

Present Location Keighley Worth Valley
Designed For LMS
Build Location Wolverton
Diagram number 2000
Lot number 1091
Type BGZ
First Number 32988
Later Numbers M32988M SR 154
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Underframe only
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P Strathspey 198x: to KWVR 1994 after arson attack 6/92: underframe (extended with extra buffer beams from LMS BG 31384) now carries L&Y TZ 1507 of 1882 (q.v.). Body scrapped at this time but corridor connections used for L&Y Blackpool Club Car 47 (qv).
Owner Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust
External Structural Condition Not Applicable
Internal Structural Condition Not Applicable
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Not Applicable
Internal Finish Not Applicable
Degree of External Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of External Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Poor but Substantially Complete
Rarity Several
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 28/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 11/11/1994
At Risk No


 

  





 
 

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