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GWR Churchward toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 1145 was built in 1922.  Originally it had a corridor to allow passengers to pass through, but this was removed when the coach was transferred into departmental use for delivering DMU parts to Swindon Works.
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|caption    = GWR toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake 1145
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|construc  = GWR Swindon
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|status    = Static use
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|carno      = 1145
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|othernos  = 079038
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|designed  = Churchward
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|diagram    = K22
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|lot        = 1301
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|cartype    = Snake C, [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|BG]]
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|built      = 1922
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|years1    = 1973
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}}GWR Churchward toplight 'Snake C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 1145 was built in 1922.  Originally it had a corridor to allow passengers to pass through, but this was removed when the coach was transferred into departmental use for delivering DMU parts to Swindon Works.
  
 
1145 arrived on the SVR from Bristol in 1973.  It has previously seen use as “Santa’s Grotto”, but in 2007 was moved to Bewdley where {{As of|2017|lc="y"}}, it is in use as [[The Great Western (SVR) Association Shop]].   
 
1145 arrived on the SVR from Bristol in 1973.  It has previously seen use as “Santa’s Grotto”, but in 2007 was moved to Bewdley where {{As of|2017|lc="y"}}, it is in use as [[The Great Western (SVR) Association Shop]].   
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>
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[[Carriages| List of carriages]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=102 1145 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=102 1145 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
  
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[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
 
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[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
 
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]

Revision as of 17:31, 26 January 2017

GWRGreat Western Railway 1145 Toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C' Passenger Brake
GWR 1145 20150315.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C' Passenger Brake 1145
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status Static use
Number 1145
Other numbers 079038
History
Built 1922
Designed By ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922
Diagram K22
Lot 1301
Type SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C, BG
Seats None
1973 Entered preservation

Carriages

GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 toplight 'SnakeGWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van C' Passenger Brake (BG) No 1145 was built in 1922. Originally it had a corridor to allow passengers to pass through, but this was removed when the coach was transferred into departmental use for delivering DMUDiesel Multiple Unit parts to Swindon Works.

1145 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Bristol in 1973. It has previously seen use as “Santa’s Grotto”, but in 2007 was moved to Bewdley where as of 2017, it is in use as The Great Western (SVR) Association Shop.

See also

List of carriages

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition

Links

1145 on vintagecarriagestrust.org