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Revision as of 15:45, 24 March 2017

BRBritish Rail or British Railways 34754 Brake Corridor Second
BR 34754 20150307.jpg
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Brake Corridor Second 34754
Built By BRBritish Rail or British Railways Wolverton
Status In service
Number 34754
Other numbers ADB975128
History
Built 1955
Diagram 182
Lot 30157
Type BSK
Seats N/A (24 standard as built)
1997 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

The BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1 Brake Second Corridor (BSK) seats 24 passengers in 4 compartments. The Guard's area which occupies around half the carriage includes a large luggage compartment.

34754 in service and preservation

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second (BSK) 34754 was built at Wolverton in 1955 to diagram number 182 of lot number 30157. It was later converted for use as a breakdown mess & tool van at Cambridge.[1]

34754 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in November 1997 from Peterborough.[2] The body of this coach was put on the bogies of coach 34414 (the body of 34414 was scrapped). It carries the DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. number ADB975128, and is owned by the SVRSevern Valley Railway P.WayPermanent Way Fund, who use it as the Civil Engineers Mess and Tool Van

See also

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

34754 on vintagecarriagestrust.org