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GWRGreat Western Railway 7284 CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard.

GWRGreat Western Railway Corridor CompositeCarriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard. (CK) 7284 was built at Swindon in June 1941 as lot number 1639 to diagram E162. The term ‘composite’ refers to a carriage having more than one class of seating, in this case both first and third class compartments.

After passenger service, 7284 was later numbered 079156 and 99236. The former number signified DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. Coaching stock within the Western Region that did not normally move or had its movements confined to a particular depot or yard. The latter number signifying hauled non-passenger carrying use and related to 7284’s inclusion in the Swindon GWRGreat Western Railway test train which was used for load testing of diesel locomotives.

The entire 9-coach test train was sold into preservation in 1969, with 7284 being bought for the SVRSevern Valley Railway along with four Full Third (TK) carriages. It was first restored in in 1971 when owned by Mr Peter Waite. In the mid-1970s it was used as part of the GWR rake of carriages used on the main line as well as on the SVRSevern Valley Railway itself. Now owned by The Great Western (SVR) Association, it is regularly used in Set GW2 and is finished in GWRGreat Western Railway 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.

Sources

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Association web site

Links

7284 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk
7284 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org

See also

List of carriages

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