LNER 43600 Open Third

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LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Open Third 43600

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. During this overhaul, LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway pattern luggage racks, coathooks, wall lamps, tables and mirrors were added, whilst the angular Mk1 seat ends were replaced with new ones to a much more sympathetic design. During January/February 2016 further work is scheduled to be carried out on the roof.

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 70759.

Sources

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund

  1. vintagecarriagestrust.org

Links

43600 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
43600 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk
43600 on svrtrust.org.uk

See also

List of carriages

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