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− | }}[[File:6045_Rob_Massey.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Partially restored first class compartment ]]GWR 6045 is a 57' Corridor Composite (CK) carriage, having four first class compartments to seat 24 passengers and three third class compartments also to seat 24 passengers. It was built in 1928 to Lot 1392, Diagram E132, an early Collett design having flush sides and bow ends. | + | }}[[File:6045_Rob_Massey.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Partially restored first class compartment ]]GWR 6045 is a 57' Corridor Composite (CK) carriage, having four first class compartments to seat 24 passengers and three third class compartments also to seat 24 passengers. It was built in 1928 to Lot 1392, Diagram E132, an early Collett design having flush sides and bow ends. It also has toilets at each end and external doors to each compartment on the non-corridor side. 6045 is a typical GWR vehicle from the 1920s; the first class compartments are trimmed in walnut and the third class in mahogany.<ref name=bloct21>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref> It is the only survivor of 51 built. |
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+ | The type were used initially on expresses and later on semi-fast cross-country services, including the Birmingham to Cardiff trains, which passed through Kidderminster<ref name=bloct21/>. | ||
==6045 in departmental service== | ==6045 in departmental service== | ||
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==6045 in preservation== | ==6045 in preservation== | ||
− | It arrived on the SVR on 6 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought by | + | It arrived on the SVR on 6 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought the previous year by Robert Smallman for £200.<ref name=bloct21/> Since then it had been stored in various locations on the SVR, but moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] in 2014 for restoration to begin. Work began in earnest in 2015; progress on the restoration was shown on the Great Western (SVR) Association website. In October 2018 the coach moved to [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster]] and was completed in April 2020, the restoration costing around £150,000.<ref name=bloct21/> It is turned out in the livery it carried in 1930.<ref name=bloct21/> |
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+ | It is now owned by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | Great Western (SVR) Association]]. | ||
− | + | On 17 October 2021 a special train ran with [[1501]] and [[Carriages|the Great Western set]] to officially launch 6045, with special guest passengers involved in its return to traffic.<ref name=bloct21/> Originally planned for May 2020, it was delayed by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]<ref>GW(SVR)A Newsletter, Winter 2020 edition</ref><ref>[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/news.html GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020]</ref>. | |
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 16:19, 16 October 2021
GWRGreat Western Railway 6045 Bow-end CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. | |
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6045 Shewing new body panels on refurbished framework. | |
Built By | GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon |
Status | In service |
Number | 6045 |
Other numbers | DW150293 |
History | |
Built | 1928 |
Designed By | CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 |
Diagram | E132 |
Lot | 1382 |
Type | CK |
Length | 57ft 4½in |
Weight | 31t 3cwt |
Seats | 24 first, 24 third |
1962 | To departmental service |
1973 | Preserved on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
2014 | Restoration commenced |
2020 | Restoration completed |
The type were used initially on expresses and later on semi-fast cross-country services, including the Birmingham to Cardiff trains, which passed through Kidderminster[1].
6045 in departmental service
It was converted to a BTU Staff & Dormitory Coach in 1962 and saw DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. use as No DW 150293.[2]
6045 in preservation
It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 6 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought the previous year by Robert Smallman for £200.[1] Since then it had been stored in various locations on the SVRSevern Valley Railway, but moved to Bewdley Down Yard in 2014 for restoration to begin. Work began in earnest in 2015; progress on the restoration was shown on the Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Association website. In October 2018 the coach moved to Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster and was completed in April 2020, the restoration costing around £150,000.[1] It is turned out in the livery it carried in 1930.[1]
It is now owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association.
On 17 October 2021 a special train ran with 1501 and the Great Western set to officially launch 6045, with special guest passengers involved in its return to traffic.[1] Originally planned for May 2020, it was delayed by the 2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic[3][4].
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Branch Lines, October 2021
- ↑ Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (Retrieved 5 July 2019)
- ↑ GW(SVR)AGreat Western (SVR) Association Newsletter, Winter 2020 edition
- ↑ GW(SVR)A News page, April 2020
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Association
Links
- 6045 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line
- 6045 on gw-svr-a.org.uk
- Restoration progress on gw-svr-a.org.uk
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