GWR 5804 Brake Third

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GWRGreat Western Railway 5804 Brake Third
Former hospital train at Bewdley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1454701.jpg
5804 in Ambulance livery at Bewdley in 2009
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status Static use
Number 5804
Other numbers 3406, ADW 150304
History
Built 1934
Designed By CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Diagram D118
Lot 1510
Type BTK
Seats 64 third (as built)
1983 Entered preservation
1991 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 5804 was built in 1934 at Swindon to Diagram No D118. From 1943 to 1946 it was used in an Ambulance Train, numbered 3406. It was then used as a breakdown tool van, DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. number ADW 150304.

It was originally purchased for preservation in 1983, and arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1991 from Marsh Mills, Plymouth, having been acquired by SVR(H). It is located in Bewdley car park, where it is used as the Apprentice Group Mess Coach. The side facing the public has been painted as a war time Ambulance Car, the other side is in GWRGreat Western Railway livery.

See also

List of carriages

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

5804 on vintagecarriagestrust.org