LNER 43612 Open Third
| LNER 43612 Open Third | |
|---|---|
 LNER Open Third 43612 | |
| Built By | LNER York |
| Status | Overhaul |
| Number | 43612 |
| Other numbers | 13366, E13366E, 042197 |
| History | |
| Built | 1934 |
| Designed By | Gresley |
| Diagram | 186 |
| Lot | 559 |
| Type | TTO |
| Length | 61ft 6in |
| Weight | 31t 0cwt |
| Seats | 64 third |
| 1979 | Preserved on SVR |
| 2022- | Overhaul |
LNER Gresley Open Third (TO) No 43612 was built at York in 1934.
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Service
It was renumbered 13366 as part of the LNER's 1943 re-numbering scheme. On Nationalisation in 1947, BR initially allocated an E prefix to indicate its LNER origin, with a further re-numbering to E13366E after 1951.[1]
It was withdrawn from BR service and transferred to Internal User stock in May 1962 as a staff coach, receiving the number 042197.[2] It was used as an office until condemned in 1977.
Preservation
43612 came to the SVR from Norwich on 1 March 1979. For some years thereafter it was owned by Messrs. Gardner Shaw,[3] a Brierley Hill soft drinks firm, although by 1998 it had been acquired by SVR(H).[4]
Following a lengthy and comprehensive restoration at Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, the carriage first appeared in traffic in September 1996.
In 2016 ownership was transferred to the SVR Charitable Trust.
Although it was scheduled for overhaul at Kidderminster Carriage Works in 2017, it entered Bewdley paint shop in January 2022 for general repairs, having been out of traffic for a few years due to a leaky roof and poor bodywork. It was on placed accommodation bogies while its own were mechanically overhauled in Kidderminster.[5] Other work involved a new roof canvas and routine work to ensure that the roof planks are firmly attached to the framework. The 16 tables fitted as part of its 1996 overhaul were, for reasons of cost, not of a standard railway type. These were life expired and so replaced, this time following the original robust LNER design that has been successfully used since 1997 in the other 3 SVR based TTOs. Seats were reupholstered. As of 2024[update] lettering, lining, some reupholstery and returning the vehicle to its bogies all remain outstanding[6].
See also
References
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
LNER (SVR) Coach Fund
- ↑ Longworth (2018) p.175.
- ↑ Longworth (2018) p.476.
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Editions 7 (1980) and 8 (1990)
- ↑ SVR Stock Book 9th edition
- ↑ Branch Lines January 2022 (Retrieved 13 January 2022)
- ↑ SVR News 226, pp.45-46.
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