LNER 643 Buffet
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.
643 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1977, initially owned by Messrs. Gardner Shaw[1], a Brierley Hill soft drinks firm. Following arrival it saw service until being withdrawn to be restored to original internal condition in 1987.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.
By 1998, ownership had been assumed by SVR(H)[2]. 643 returned to service in April 2014, following a 4 month visit to the paint shop[3]. Still owned by SVRSevern Valley Railway(H), 643 regularly forms part of Set N, the LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway & GNRGreat Northern Railway Teak carriages.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Editions 7 (1980) and 8 (1990)
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th edition
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News Winter 2014 - Kidderminster Carriage Notes
Links
643 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
643 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk
