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Barry Railway Carriage 163

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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = Preserved coach at Hampton Loade - geograph.org.uk - 1709969.jpg |caption = Barry Railway Carriage 163 |construc = Ashbury’s of Manchester |status = Under restoration|thumbcarno = 163|200pxothernos = 15, 6058|rightdesigned = | Barry Railway cartype = [[:Category:Carriage 163 Type CZ | CZ]] (WikiMedia photoas built)]]|seats = |built = 1895|years1 = 1928|events1 = Withdrawn|years2 = 1992|events2 = Entered preservation|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}This carriage was built in 1895 by Ashbury’s of Manchester for the Barry Railway in South Wales, where it was originally numbered 15and later 163. It is a composite carriage having two first class and three second class compartments. Following withdrawal by the GWR as number 6058 in 1928, the coach and when built it was used as mounted on a holiday home in the Clent Hills until 19926-wheeled underframe.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org. It was then rescued for restoration at Hampton Loadeuk/163. html BRCT web site 163 page]</ref>
== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in service ==The carriage body is now mounted on Barry Railway became part of the underframe of an ex-SR Guards and Luggage van (type BY), built at Eastleigh GWR in 1937 and originally numbered C 436April 1922, later which saw 163 re-numbered ADB975140 as GWR 6058. The coach continued in use for departmental use a further 6 years before being withdrawn from service by BR. This was initially preserved in 1994 at the Gwili Railway, but the body was scrapped GWR in 2003 when the underframe was moved to Hampton Loade 1928 as a donor for 163more modern carriages came into use.
In addition to being mounted on the donor underframe== Barry Railway Carriage 163 in preservation ==Following withdrawal, the carriage's internal partitions have been reinstated coach body and much that of sister coach 164 were used as a holiday home in the bodywork repairedClent Hills until 1992. Restoration continues 163 was then rescued for restoration, arriving at [[Hampton Loade station]] on 25 April 1992<ref>SVR News 118</ref> 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 have stated that they are aiming to get Barry Railway carriage 163 into traffic in time for its 125th birthday in 2020.<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/our_project.html BRCT website 'our project' page]</ref> 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. ==SourcesSee also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]] ==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
Barry Railway Carriage Trust
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==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2352 163 (body) on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2623 436 (underframe) on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>[http://www.thebarrycoachbarryrailwaycarriagetrust.coorg.uk/ Barry Railway Carriage Trust web sitehome page{{CarriageNavbox}}
==See also==[[Carriages| List of carriagesCategory:Carriage Type CZ]]<br>: [[GWR 98 Full Brake | Previous ]]<br>Category: [[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third | Next Featured articles]]
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