GWR 1145 Toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 1145 was built in 1922. Originally it had a corridor to allow passengers to pass through, but this was removed when the coach was transferred into departmental use for delivering DMUDiesel Multiple Unit parts to Swindon Works.
1145 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Bristol in 1973. It has previously seen use as “Santa’s Grotto”, but in 2007 was moved to Bewdley where it is in use as the The Bewdley Station and LNER Coach Fund Shop.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
Links
1145 on vintagecarriagestrust.org