BR 16169 Composite Corridor
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 16169 CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor | |
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. Corridor 16169 (centre) | |
Built By | BRBritish Rail or British Railways Derby |
Status | Stored |
Number | 16169 |
Other numbers | M16169, 7169 |
History | |
Built | 1961 |
Diagram | 126 |
Lot | 30665 |
Type | CK |
Seats | 24 first, 18 standard |
1989 | Preserved on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
16169 was built at Derby in 1961 to diagram number 126, lot number 30665.[2] In 1984 it was renumbered as 7169.
16169 was withdrawn from service by BRBritish Rail or British Railways at Heaton, Newcastle in 1988, where it had been in use on cross-country services. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in August 1989 been purchased by SVR(H).[1] It has seen use in the BRBritish Rail or British Railways Maroon set, but by 2006 was described by the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey as "externally very shabby and due for refurbishment". In 2007 it was withdrawn from service and was photographed in July 2015 stored in Kidderminster Carriage Shed awaiting overhaul.
In March 2017 16169 was moved outside Kidderminster Carriage Works, initially for welding repairs. A heavy overhaul is underway, with a hoped for conclusion in 2018.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 200, Winter 2017
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