LMS 31420 Gangwayed Full Brake

LMS 31420 Gangwayed Full Brake
	; LMS Gangwayed Brake 31420
Built By	BR Wolverton
Status	Static use
Number	31420
Other numbers	XDB977023, W31420W, W31420M
History
Built	1950
Diagram	2171
Lot	1588
Type	BG
Seats	None
1992	Arrived on SVR
Carriages

Passenger Brake 31420 was built by at Wolverton in 1950 to an design. This type of 50ft brake vehicle, which was contemporary with the porthole stock, was developed from the shorter ‘Stove-R’ type vehicle and could take a 12 ton load. It featured flush sides, unlike the earlier pre-War stock which had beaded panels.

Service

After main line service, 31420 was used as a stationery stores vehicle at the BR printing works at Crewe, where it was given the departmental number XDB 977023.

Preservation

It arrived on the SVR from Stonebridge Park, North London on 29 October 1992, initially intended as a source of bogie spares. However it has remained intact, being mainly used as a components store at Kidderminster Carriage Works. Unlike the other SVR's other LMS-designed but BR-built carriages, 31420 was in the BR Crimson and Cream livery which it would have carried when entering service until a repaint in March 2017.

LMS 31420 Gangwayed Full Brake newly repainted in maroon livery 5 March 2017. Photo: Gareth Price

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

31420 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line