GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car

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GWRGreat Western Railway 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car
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GWRGreat Western Railway Full Third 5043 in Bewdley DownIn reference to the direction of travel means away from the major terminus (i.e. towards Bridgnorth on the present day SVR) Yard in 2015
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status Static use
Number 5043
History
Built 1928
Designed By CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Diagram C54
Lot 1383
Type TK
Seats 64 third (as built)
1981 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

5043 temporarily leaves its usual space on 28th March 2017 to allow 4150's boiler lift
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 is a standard 57ft full third coach, completed in June 1928 to diagram C54, lot 1383. The internal layout as built seated 64 passengers in eight compartments, with a side corridor and a toilet cubicle at each end.

5043 in preservation

The coach was originally bought by the 2857 Society and arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway by rail in October 1981. It had been adapted for use as a mess coach in a breakdown train, including stripping out compartments and removing most of the internal partitions, fitting a stove and workbenches and blanking off of some of the doors and windows. On arrival, it served as the 2857 Society’s workshop, store and mess vehicle.

Ownership passed to the Great Western (SVR) Assoc. in 2014 in a deal that saw the 2857 Society’s spares transferred to GWR 143 Tool & Packing Van, allowing the LNER Carriage Group, who are based in Bewdley Down Yard to use 5043 as their workshop and stores.[1]

The GW(SVR)AGreat Western (SVR) Association eventually intended to convert this vehicle to a fully wheelchair accessible carriage with saloon accommodation at one end and Buffet Counter at the other. Entry will be via central double doors with an adjacent disabled WC. Design work has already been carried out by a GW(SVRSevern Valley Railway) Association member for this conversion. [2]

As of March 2017 the GW(SVR)AGreat Western (SVR) Association announced that it has agreed to exchange GWR 4786 Full Third for 5043. The work described above will be carried out by The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund and this coach will become their next project on completion of the restoration of GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van. [3]

See also

List of carriages

References

  1. 2857 Society newsletter issue 82
  2. SVR Unofficial Form 30 May 2016
  3. SVRLive 30 March 2017

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
2857 Society
Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Assoc.

Links

5043 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
5043 on 2857.org.uk
5043 on gw-svr-a.org.uk