BR 16169 Composite Corridor

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BRBritish Rail or British Railways 16169 CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor 16169 (centre)
Built By BRBritish Rail or British Railways Derby
Status Stored
Number 16169
Other numbers M16169, 7169
History
Built 1961
Diagram 126
Lot 30665
Type CK
Seats 24 first, 18 standard
1989 Preserved on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

16169 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1 Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. (CK) carriage. The term 'composite' refers to the use of more than one class of seating, in this case four first class compartments and three second class compartments. For the second class compartments, BRBritish Rail or British Railways followed the seating plans used by the pre-nationalisation companies in each region, with LMR and ER carriages generally having seats with arm rests allowing six passengers per compartment while WR and SRSouthern Railway carriages had no arm rests permitting 8 passengers per compartment.[1]

16169 was built at Derby in 1961 to diagram number 126, lot number 30665.[2] In 1984 it was renumbered as 7169.

16169 was withdrawn from service by BRBritish Rail or British Railways at Heaton, Newcastle in 1988, where it had been in use on cross-country services. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in August 1989 been purchased by SVR(H).[1] It has seen use in the BRBritish Rail or British Railways Maroon set, but by 2006 was described by the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey as "externally very shabby and due for refurbishment". When photographed in July 2015 it was stored in Kidderminster Carriage Shed awaiting overhaul.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition
  2. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey

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