GWR 6045 Bow-end Composite
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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 | Restoration in progress |
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 RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society |
2014 | Restoration commenced |
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.[1]6045 in preservation
It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society on 6 January 1973 from Bristol, having been bought by the Great Western (SVR) Association. Since then it has been stored in various locations on the SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society, but moved to Bewdley Down Yard in 2014 for restoration to begin. Progress on the restoration is shown on the Great Western (SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society) Association website. In October 2018 the coach moved to Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster, 6045 still requires bogie overhaul, external painting and new batteries.[2]See also
List of carriagesRolling stock currently under restoration
References
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society Stock Book Ninth Edition
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society) 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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- ↑ Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (Retrieved 5 July 2019)
- ↑ SVR Forum 24 September 2018].