LNER 43600 Open Third
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941 Open Third (TO) No 43600 was built at York in 1934. It was the first LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway vehicle built with a welded chassis, reducing the weight by around a ton[1].
43600 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1980. Restoration into 1935 livery but with a very basic interior, was completed in the mid-1980s, after which it was used for a number of years. After an overhaul, which included a comprehensive upgrade to the interior, 43600 re-entered service in November 2014.
43600 was one of three coaches which in 2010 were gifted by the LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund to the SVRSevern Valley Railway Rolling Stock Trust (now the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd), along with 24068 and [[LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway 70759 Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van | 70759.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund
- ↑ vintagecarriagestrust.org
Links
43600 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
43600 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk
