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Revision as of 14:42, 18 November 2015
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941 Open Third (TO) No 43612 was built at York in 1934. It was withdrawn from BRBritish Rail or British Railways service in 1963 and used as an office until condemned in 1977.
43612 came to the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Norwich in 1979. For some years thereafter it was owned by Messrs. Gardner Shaw[1], a Brierley Hill soft drinks firm, although by 1998 it had been acquired by SVR(H)[2].
Following a lengthy and comprehensive restoration at Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, the coach first appeared in traffic in September 1996.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Editions 7 (1980) and 8 (1990)
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th edition
Links
43612 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
43612 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk
