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| − | [[File: 5043_20150411.jpg |thumb|300px|right| GWR Full Third 5043]] | + | [[File: 5043_20150411.jpg |thumb|300px|right| GWR Full Third 5043 in Bewdley Down Yard in 2015]] |
GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end. | GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end. | ||
| − | The coach was originally bought by the [[The 2857 Society | 2857 Society]] and arrived on the SVR by rail in October 1981. | + | The coach was originally bought by the [[The 2857 Society | 2857 Society]] and arrived on the SVR by rail in October 1981. It had been adapted for use as a mess coach in a breakdown train, including stripping out compartments and removing most of the internal partitions, fitting a stove and workbenches and blanking off of some of the doors and windows. On arrival, it served as the 2857 Society’s workshop, store and mess vehicle.<br> |
| + | Ownership passed to the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] in 2014 in a deal that saw the 2857 Society’s spares transferred to [[GWR 143 Tool & Packing Van]], allowing the [[The LNER Carriage Group|LNER Carriage Group]], who are based in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] to use 5043 as their stores.<ref>2857 Society newsletter issue 82</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ==See also== |
| + | [[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br> | ||
| + | : [[GWR 4786 Full Third | Previous ]]<br> | ||
| + | : [[GWR 5804 Brake Third | Next ]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br> | Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br> | ||
SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition<br> | SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition<br> | ||
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[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]] | [[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]] | ||
[[Category: Carriage Type TK]] | [[Category: Carriage Type TK]] | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 30 May 2016
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.
The coach was originally bought by the 2857 Society and arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway by rail in October 1981. It had been adapted for use as a mess coach in a breakdown train, including stripping out compartments and removing most of the internal partitions, fitting a stove and workbenches and blanking off of some of the doors and windows. On arrival, it served as the 2857 Society’s workshop, store and mess vehicle.
Ownership passed to the Great Western (SVR) Assoc. in 2014 in a deal that saw the 2857 Society’s spares transferred to GWR 143 Tool & Packing Van, allowing the LNER Carriage Group, who are based in Bewdley Down Yard to use 5043 as their stores.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 2857 Society newsletter issue 82
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
2857 Society
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Assoc.
Links
5043 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
5043 on 2857.org.uk
5043 on gw-svr-a.org.uk
