GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third
Corridor Brake Third (BTK) 2233 was originally built for BRBritish Rail or British Railways by Metro Cammell in 1950 to a GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 design. It was later relegated to departmental use as a breakdown train riding van, being renumbered DW 150401 (Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey; SVRSevern Valley Railway stockbook states 150461).
2233 was one of four such coaches purchased by SVR(H) in 1980, arriving from Radyr. Originally it was intended primarily as a source of bogie spares, but the body has been retained for volunteer dormitory accommodation at Bewdley. The corridor connections have been blanked off.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Links
2233 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
==See also== List of carriages