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}}'''Barry Railway Carriage 163''' was built in 1895 by Ashbury’s of Manchester for the Barry Railway in South Wales, where it was originally numbered 15 and later 163. It is a composite carriage having two first class and three second class compartments and when built it was mounted on a 6-wheeled underframe.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/163.html BRCT web site 163 page]</ref> |
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}}16169 is a BR Mark 1 Corridor Composite (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, BR 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 SR carriages had no arm rests permitting 8 passengers per compartment.<ref name=Stockbook>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> |
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== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in service == |
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The Barry Railway became part of the GWR in April 1922, which saw 163 re-numbered as GWR 6058. The coach continued in use for a further 6 years before being withdrawn from service by the GWR in 1928 as more modern carriages came into use. |
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16169 was built at Derby in 1961 to diagram number 126 (AA201), lot number 30665. It entered service in the Midland region.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.112.</ref> In 1983 it was renumbered as M7169, being reallocated to the Scottish region in January 1986.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.80.</ref> 16169 was withdrawn from service by BR at Heaton, Newcastle in 1988, where it had been in use on cross-country services. |
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== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation == |
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Following withdrawal, the coach body and that of sister coach 164 were used as a holiday home in the Clent Hills until 1992. 163 was then rescued for restoration, arriving at [[Hampton Loade]] on 25 April 1992<ref>SVR News 118</ref> along with parts from 164 which had already been broken up. |
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16169 arrived on the SVR on 16 August 1989 having been purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] as one of two carriages acquired to increase the available first class accommodation.<ref name=Stockbook/><ref>SVR News 92</ref> It saw use in the BR Maroon set, but by 2006 was described by the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey as "externally very shabby and due for refurbishment". In that year, while nominally still in service, a number of windows were removed and refurbished ahead of a planned overhaul and return to the maroon set.<ref>SVR News 156</ref> However in 2007 it was withdrawn from service and moved to [[Arley]] for use during the 1940s events to provide additional shelter for children should it rain. It became trapped at Arley by the [[2007 Storm Damage]], finally being moved to Kidderminster in late 2008 for a health check before returning to availability as spare vehicle for the LMS set. During that time it received some attention to compartment ceilings and veneers.<ref>SVR News 164</ref> In 2011 it was reported as being back at Arley, looking "extremely tatty".<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2219 SVR Forum, 23 August 2011]</ref> |
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The carriage body is now mounted on the 4-wheeled underframe of an ex-SR Guards and Luggage van (type BY), built at Eastleigh in 1937 and originally numbered C 436, later numbered ADB975140 for departmental use by BR. This was initially preserved in 1994 at the Gwili Railway, but the body was later scrapped and the underframe acquired and moved to Hampton Loade on 24 February 2001 as a donor for 163. After the underframe was shortened, the body of 163 was mounted on it on 16 August 2003 with the aid of the Bridgnorth steam crane. |
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===Overhaul from 2013=== |
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By 2013 work had started, as it was reported as undergoing a light repair.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2738&highlight=16169 GM's monthly round up March 2013]</ref> It was however photographed in July 2015 stored in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed|the carriage shed]] awaiting further work. It had developed into a heavy overhaul by 2017, albeit as events permitted.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> In March 2017 16169 was moved outside [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]], initially for welding repairs, and spring 2018 saw it outside the [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster paintshop]] after work to make it waterproof with a newly painted roof. In September 2019 it was in the paint shop receiving further repairs before proper painting could begin, which were completed by the end of the year. In March 2020 16169 was going onto accommodation bogies to allow its commonwealth bogies to be worked on<ref>SVR News 210, [https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 'Kidderminster Carriage Works update, 'SVR Online Forum]</ref>. |
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In addition to being mounted on the donor underframe, the carriage's internal partitions have been reinstated and much of the bodywork repaired. The [[Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] was formed in 2009 to complete the restoration, which continues at Hampton Loade station. The Trust had stated that their aim to get 163 into traffic in time for its 125th birthday in 2020, but this has not occurred.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/our_project.html BRCT website 'our project' page]</ref> |
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The carriage is one of the items to look out for in the childrens ‘I-spy’ supplement to the SVR’s [[From The Window]] booklet. |
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==See also== |
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[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br> |
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[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]] |
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==References== |
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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br> |
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Barry Railway Carriage Trust |
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[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2352 163 (body) on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]<br> |
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[http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2623 436 (underframe) on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]<br> |
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[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/ Barry Railway Carriage Trust web site home page] |
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Revision as of 21:35, 23 January 2021
| Barry Railway Carriage 163 | |
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 Barry Railway Carriage 163 | |
| Built By | Ashbury’s of Manchester |
| Status | Under restoration |
| Number | 163 |
| Other numbers | 15, 6058 |
| History | |
| Built | 1895 |
| Type | CZ (as built) |
| 1928 | Withdrawn |
| 1992 | Entered preservation |
Barry Railway Carriage 163 was built in 1895 by Ashbury’s of Manchester for the Barry Railway in South Wales, where it was originally numbered 15 and later 163. It is a composite carriage having two first class and three second class compartments and when built it was mounted on a 6-wheeled underframe.[1]
Barry Railway Carriage 163 in service[edit | edit source]
The Barry Railway became part of the GWR in April 1922, which saw 163 re-numbered as GWR 6058. The coach continued in use for a further 6 years before being withdrawn from service by the GWR in 1928 as more modern carriages came into use.
Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation[edit | edit source]
Following withdrawal, the coach body and that of sister coach 164 were used as a holiday home in the Clent Hills until 1992. 163 was then rescued for restoration, arriving at Hampton Loade on 25 April 1992[2] along with parts from 164 which had already been broken up.
The carriage body is now mounted on the 4-wheeled underframe of an ex-SR Guards and Luggage van (type BY), built at Eastleigh in 1937 and originally numbered C 436, later numbered ADB975140 for departmental use by BR. This was initially preserved in 1994 at the Gwili Railway, but the body was later scrapped and the underframe acquired and moved to Hampton Loade on 24 February 2001 as a donor for 163. After the underframe was shortened, the body of 163 was mounted on it on 16 August 2003 with the aid of the Bridgnorth steam crane.
In addition to being mounted on the donor underframe, the carriage's internal partitions have been reinstated and much of the bodywork repaired. The Barry Railway Carriage Trust was formed in 2009 to complete the restoration, which continues at Hampton Loade station. The Trust had stated that their aim to get 163 into traffic in time for its 125th birthday in 2020, but this has not occurred.[3]
The carriage is one of the items to look out for in the childrens ‘I-spy’ supplement to the SVR’s From The Window booklet.
See also[edit | edit source]
List of carriages
Rolling stock currently under restoration
References[edit | edit source]
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Barry Railway Carriage Trust
Links[edit | edit source]
163 (body) on Railway Heritage Register On-Line
436 (underframe) on Railway Heritage Register On-Line
Barry Railway Carriage Trust web site home page
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