LNER 3291 Gresley Corridor Third built 1930

LNER 3291 Gresley Corridor Third built 1930This 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

LNER 3291 Gresley Corridor Third built 1930
LNER 3291 Gresley Corridor Third built 1930

 

Present Location North Yorkshire Moors
Designed For LNER
Built by Metro Cammell
Diagram number 115
Lot number 381
Type TK
First Number 3291
Later Numbers 12481, DE321007
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes W 1961 for ER Control Train. P 1980 by Resco, stored Doncaster till 1984, then Steamtown till purchased by LNERCA members 1988, at Starbeck till 1990. Thought likely that at some stage bogies were swopped with those from GNR Saloon No. 807 (q.v.): hence GNR axle boxes and Mansell wheelsets. Bogies re in poor condition; Mansell wheelsets re likely to go to Quainton Road for a 6-wheeler restoration project. Corridor present but no internal partitions.
Owner Private (LNERCA Members)
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Poor and Incomplete
External Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Fair
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/04/2003
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 12/12/2000
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 04/10/2009


 

  










 


 

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