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[[File:643HY.jpg|400px|right|thumb|643 at Highley in July 2011.]]
 
[[File:643HY.jpg|400px|right|thumb|643 at Highley in July 2011.]]
643 is a Gresley buffet car built at York in 1937 to diagram 167. It arrived on the SVR in 1977 and was restored to original internal condition in 1987. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]].
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643 is a Gresley buffet car built at York in 1937 to diagram 167. It was one of six built for fast five coach Liverpool Street-Cambridge services, and survived in BR ownership until 1977.
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It arrived on the SVR in 1977 and saw service until being withdrawn to be restored to original internal condition in 1987. Just before withdrawal, it was one of the coaches used in the filming of the television series [[Hannay]].
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643 is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=924 643 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]
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[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=924 643 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
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[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#LNER 643 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk]

Revision as of 16:39, 13 March 2015

643 at Highley in July 2011.

643 is a GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941 buffet car built at York in 1937 to diagram 167. It was one of six built for fast five coach Liverpool Street-Cambridge services, and survived in BRBritish Rail or British Railways ownership until 1977.

It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1977 and saw service until being withdrawn to be restored to original internal condition in 1987. Just before withdrawal, it was one of the coaches used in the filming of the television series Hannay.

643 is owned by SVR(H).

See Also

List of carriages

Links

643 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
643 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk