GWR 2119 Full Third

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GWRGreat Western Railway 2119 Full Third
Built By GRCWGloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Gloucester
Status Overhaul
Number 2119
Other numbers 99239?
History
Built 1949
Designed By HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948
Diagram C82
Lot 1720
Type TK
Seats 64 third
1968 Entered preservation on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 Corridor Third (TK) No 2119 was ordered by the GWRGreat Western Railway before nationalisation, but completed on behalf of BRBritish Rail or British Railways by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in April 1949 as lot no 1720 to diagram C82. 2119 has the characteristic HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 sloping ended roof profile and 64ft length. It seats the normal 64 passengers, but had an oak interior rather than the more usual mahogany.

The SVRSevern Valley Railway stock book states that 2119 was purchased direct from passenger service. However the Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey states that it was later numbered 99239, suggesting a period of hauled non-passenger carrying use. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Didcot in August 1968, and received full GWRGreat Western Railway livery in 1979. It was also used as part of the SVRSevern Valley Railway's GWR main line set as well as on the SVRSevern Valley Railway itself.

In October 2017, 2119 was moved outside the joinery shop at Bewdley for a long overdue overhaul to begin, the vehicle having been in store for about thirty years.[1][2] It is owned by The Great Western (SVR) Association.

See also

References

  1. SVROnline forum
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 200, Winter 2017

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Assoc.

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