Carriages formerly resident on the SVR

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Carriages formerly at the SVRSevern Valley Railway but later moved elsewhere

Group Carriage Description Arrived Left Location now Comment RHRP Database
GWRGreat Western Railway 333 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Full Brake 1985 Didcot Puchased by the EMF for use as a stores and Workshop at Bewdley. Left SVRSevern Valley Railway for GWSRGloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (Commonly known as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway) before 1998. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 933 GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Passenger Full Brake 1968 1976 Didcot One of 8 carriages privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones which were transferred at his request from the SVRSevern Valley Railway to the GWSGreat Western Society at Didcot to establish a representative collection of GWRGreat Western Railway coaches in museum condition there.[1] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 1150 Toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C' Passenger Brake 1981 2005 Vale of Berkeley Railway Privately owned. Housed a model railway at Bewdley[2] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 2148 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Brake Third Corridor 1990 2001 Scrapped around 2003.[3] Later DW150403. Left to private site (Enterprise Weaving Company, Firs Industrial Estate, Kidderminster)[4][5] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 2202 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Brake Third Corridor 1969 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 2218 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Brake Third Corridor 1990 2001 Scrapped around 2003.[6] Later DW150400. Left to private site (Enterprise Weaving Company, Firs Industrial Estate, Kidderminster)[4][5] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 3755 GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 non-corridor Brake Third City stock 1967 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 3756 GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 non-corridor Brake Third City stock 1967 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 4546 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 bow-ended Corridor Third 1982 1999 West Somerset Railway Used as dormitory coach at SVRSevern Valley Railway, left for South Devon Rly Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 4872 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 bow-ended Corridor Third 1986 2008 South Devon Railway Acquired by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund in 1984.[7] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 5539 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5-compartment Brake Third 1967 1974 Wishaw Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 5787 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Brake Corridor Third 1967 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 6290 GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Four wheel CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. 1971 1972 Didcot Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 7285 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor 1967 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 7976 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Brake Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. 1973 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 9001 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 12 wheel Special Saloon 1968 1976 BRCBuckinghamshire Railway Centre Quainton Formerly on loan to SVRSevern Valley Railway Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 9082 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 First Sleeper 1971 2005 Peak Rail Surplus to SVRSevern Valley Railway needs by 2001. Moved to Crewe Heritage Centre, later to Peak Rail Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 9113 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Ocean Saloon 'Prince of Wales' 1967 1976 Didcot Privately owned by D.R.G. Gwynne-Jones, see 933. Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 9631 GWRGreat Western Railway 'Clapham' Buffet Car 1973 1992 STEAM museum, Swindon Loan from NRM. Attended Rail 150 at Shildon in 1975.
Used in the SVRSevern Valley Railway's GWR main line set from the mid-1970s.
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SRSouthern Railway 85 SRSouthern Railway Pullman Parlour Third 1993 1997 Crewe Heritage Centre Brighton Belle vehicle SRSouthern Railway 285. Moved to VSOEVenice Simplon Orient Express, now part of revived Brighton Belle set under renovation Link
LNWRLondon & North Western Railway 3005 LNWRLondon & North Western Railway 6-wheeled saloon, later Army 3005 1971 1985 Kent & East Sussex Loan from Army Transport Trust ex Longmoor Military Rly Link
SRSouthern Railway 7803 LSWRLondon & South Western Railway Invalid Saloon No. 11, later Army 3007 1971 1985 Kent & East Sussex Loan from Army Transport Trust ex Longmoor Military Rly Link
SRSouthern Railway 7913 SECRSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway Open First (later Family Saloon) No.177, later Army 3006 1971 1985 Kent & East Sussex Loan from Army Transport Trust ex Longmoor Military Rly Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 7991 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Tourist Open, originally numbered 5682 1972 1979 Peak Rail Owned by the Historic Rolling Stock Group Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 45017 LYR TK, later Medical Officer's Saloon 1974 1975 Peak Rail Owned by the Historic Rolling Stock Group. Moved to Dinting Railway Centre, then to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in the early 1990s and to Peak Rail in January 2018.[8] Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 45021 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Bogie District Engineer's Saloon 1972 1975 Strathspey Was owned by Mr W.E.C. Watkinson and used as the Administrative Office at Bewdley in 1973.[9] Link
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 4229 GNRGreat Northern Railway Brake CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor 1977 1995 Mangapps Railway Museum GNRGreat Northern Railway BCK 229 of 1912. 4150 Fund mess van,[10] later LNER Coach Fund workshop.[11] Moved to Llangollen where in 2018 its restoration featured in Channel 4's 'Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow', then to Mangapps. Link
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 4236 LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Gangwayed Passenger Brake (Pigeon Van) 1975 1983 Later scrapped Attended Rail 150 at Shildon in 1975 Link
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 5664 GCRGreat Central Railway 'Barnum' Third Open 1971 1979 GCRGreat Central Railway (Northern) Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 1883 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Bar Car 1990 2007 Crewe Heritage Centre One of the last 2 passenger-carrying BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 carriages built[12] Sold late 2007 and left for Weardale.[13] Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 3106 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 First Open 1996 2003[14] WCRWest Coast Railways Carnforth Ex-BRBritish Rail or British Railways(E), hired from Waterman Railways. Used with FOs 3106 and 3109 for charter bookings and cover on dining services. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 3785 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Tourist Second Open 1975 1979 Later scrapped Used as the 'York Buffet' bar at Bridgnorth Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 4584 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Tourist Second Open 1995 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Left SVRSevern Valley Railway for East Somerset Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 14901 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Lounge First Corridor 1981 1983 Telford Later No 13360 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 16232 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. 1994 2008 Gwili Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 24396 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Corridor Second 1974 1982 Later scrapped Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 35467 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second 1998 2012[15] Crewe Heritage Centre Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 35449 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second 1990 1993 Battlefield Railway Former Taw Valley support coach (ex Southall)[16] Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 35479 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second 1997 2015 Locomotive Services Ltd Former Taw Valley support coach. Visited in September 2023 as support coach for 61306 Mayflower Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 35486 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second 1995 2006 Main line (various) Former Union of South Africa support coach (TOPS code 99405). Left with 60009. Since used as support coach for Flying Scotsman between 2021 and 2023. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 80307 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Post Office Sorting coach 1991 2012 Great Central Railway Presented to SVRSevern Valley Railway(H) by the Post Office.[17] Used in 'Thomas' events and for Santa's storage. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 313 Finch Pullman Kitchen First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99964 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 317 RavenSir Vincent Litchfield Raven, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the North Eastern Railway 1910-1922 Pullman Kitchen First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99967 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 319 Snipe Pullman Kitchen First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99965 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 324 Amber Pullman Parlour First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99961 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 329 Pearl Pullman Parlour First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99962 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 331 Topaz Pullman Parlour First 1983 1989 Royal Scotsman, Belmond train Now No 99963 Link

Carriages scrapped while at the SVRSevern Valley Railway

Group Carriage Description Arrived Scrapped Comment RHRP Database
GWRGreat Western Railway 160 GWRGreat Western Railway Autotrailer Third 1969 1969 Later DW150342. Broken for spares for 178 Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 2214 GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Brake Third Corridor 1990 1999 Later DW150393. Body scrapped, bogies, drawgear, some doors and windows retained[18] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 4886 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 bow-ended Corridor Third 1973 1987 Broken for spares for 5883, 6045, 9055 and other GWRGreat Western Railway coaches. Body remained in two halves at Bewdley in use as store sheds until finally broken up.[5] Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 5136 GWRGreat Western Railway Corridor Third Brake 1967 1975 Later Internal UserRolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location. 079144.[5] Bought by David Rouse but sold to the SVRSSevern Valley Railway Society for use as Bridgnorth Buffet from October 1967. Replaced by BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 E3785 (see above) circa 1975 and then scrapped; some parts used in 6913 Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 5240 GWRGreat Western Railway Corridor Third Brake 1991 1994 Later DW150272.[5] Bogies saved Link
GWRGreat Western Railway 5786 GWRGreat Western Railway Corridor Third Brake 1999 Later DW150393. Seen at Willesden in mid-1993.[19] Broken up circa 1999,[5] bogies and parts saved[20]
GWRGreat Western Railway 5796 GWRGreat Western Railway Corridor Third Brake 1983 Later DW150341. [5]
GWRGreat Western Railway 6912 GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Brake Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. 1974 1986 Later Internal UserRolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location. 079133. Parts saved, some used in restoration of Siphon G 2926. Underframe later sold to WSR to carry 242 (8242, later 9038)[5] Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 13045 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Corridor Third 1972 1980 Interior used in 2300 Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 26668 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Third Corridor ('Porthole' design) 1973 1975 Bogies retained Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 27023 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Corridor Third 1973 1975 Parts saved Link
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 31281 LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Gangwayed Brake 2022 2022 Acquired by the Charitable Trust from East Anglian Railway Museum for spares, remains broken shortly after arrival.[21] Parts used in SVRSevern Valley Railway based LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Carriages. Bogies saved Link
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 23834 LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Brake Third Open (later numbered 16600) 1977 1980 Parts used in all SVRSevern Valley Railway based LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Carriages. Bogies Saved. Link
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 9002 Restaurant First Kitchen Car (originally 10211E) 2001 2001 Chassis with LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 'lightweight bogies' acquired from Shackerstone for spares, remains broken shortly after arrival.[22]
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 4069 LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Brake Gangwayed (Pigeon) (later numbered 70442) 2010 2011 Acquired for spares as part of an exchange deal involving Gresley Full Brake 4149. Parts and underframe used in LNER BTK 24506. Bogies (ex 4149) saved. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 1678 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (RBR) 1996 2006[23] Ex-BRBritish Rail or British Railways(E) and Waterman Railways. Was used with FOs 3106 and 3109 for charter bookings but due to severe corrosion problems caused by leaking gutters, was dismantled for spares circa 2006. Parts used in 1667 and 1682 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 1858 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (RBR) SVRSevern Valley Railway News in Winter 1989 stated "We already have the contents of scrapped 1858 in storage".[24] Seats reused in 1855 in 1990[25]
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 4054 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Tourist Second Open 1977 1989 Parts used in 80776 and 43600 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 10606 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 2017 Stripped for spares. Last photographed in 2015, at Kingsbury for scrapping by 2017 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 10569 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 2007 2022 Used as volunteer accommodation at Bewdley. Left for scrapping at Tamworth in October 2022 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 10677 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 2010 2014 Parts used in all SVRSevern Valley Railway based Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper Carriages Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 15553 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. 1974 1987 Withdrawn from traffic by 1981[26]. Bogies retained and rebuilt for use on 9220,[27] some parts used in 16202 Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 24726 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Corridor Second 1972 1982 The SVRSevern Valley Railway's first BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1, bought by the L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Fund in Jan 1972 for £100. Used until circa 1980, some parts used in 43612 and 2300. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 34414 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Corridor Second Brake (later staff and tool coach) 1989 1989 Ex Frodingham TMDTraction Maintenance Depot, also referred to as Diesel Depot 975127. Scrapped on arrival, bogies used in 34754, parts used in 3083 and 35479. Link
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 46141 BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 Second 1994 Purchased for parts, bogies saved. Link

See also

List of carriages on the SVR
Locomotives formerly resident on the SVR
Wagons formerly resident on the SVR
Northern Belle

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 35
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 62
  3. departmentals website (Retrieved 6 February 2020)
  4. 4.0 4.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 137
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 RCTS Preserved Coaching Stock Disposals, GWR (Retrieved 6 February 2020)
  6. departmentals website (Retrieved 6 February 2020)
  7. GWR813.org
  8. LMS Carriage Association blog 4 January 2018
  9. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 27
  10. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Seventh Edition
  11. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
  12. SVRSevern Valley Railway News98
  13. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 160
  14. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 148
  15. Last photographed on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 2012. Was at Crewe by 2014.
  16. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 97
  17. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 101
  18. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 130
  19. Departmentals
  20. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  21. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 218, 219
  22. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 138
  23. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 152
  24. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 94
  25. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 97
  26. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 60
  27. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 68

Also various editions of the SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book