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| − | BR Mk 3a coaching stock entered service between 1975 and 1988. It featured a monocoque construction with an all-welded mild steel stressed skin, and was air-braked. These features make it unsuitable for operational use on a heritage railway such as the SVR. However the SVR has acquired a number of Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper | + | BR Mk 3a coaching stock entered service between 1975 and 1988. It featured a monocoque construction with an all-welded mild steel stressed skin, and was air-braked. These features make it unsuitable for operational use on a heritage railway such as the SVR. However the SVR has acquired a number of Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper carriages which are used as temporary accommodation. They are of two varieties, the Sleeper Either class (SLE) and the Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP). |
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| − | ! Number !! Built !! Build location !! To SVR by !! Current or usual location !! Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey | + | ! Number !! Version !! Built !! Build location !! To SVR by !! Current or usual location !! Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey |
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| − | |10569 || 1982 || Derby || May 2007|| [[Bewdley]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3512 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] | + | |10569 || SLEP || 1982 || Derby || May 2007|| [[Bewdley]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3512 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] |
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| − | |10606 || 1982 || Derby || || [[Kidderminster]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] | + | |10606 || SLEP || 1982 || Derby || || [[Kidderminster]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3520 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] |
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| − | |10696 || 1983 || Derby || April 2007|| Bewdley || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3521 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] | + | |10696 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007|| Bewdley || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3521 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] |
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| − | |10713 || 1983 || Derby || April 2007 || Kidderminster [[Diesel Depot]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5495 10713 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] | + | |10713 || SLE || 1983 || Derby || April 2007 || Kidderminster [[Diesel Depot]] || [http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=5495 10713 on vintagecarriagestrust.org] |
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Revision as of 15:01, 8 December 2015
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 3a coaching stock entered service between 1975 and 1988. It featured a monocoque construction with an all-welded mild steel stressed skin, and was air-braked. These features make it unsuitable for operational use on a heritage railway such as the SVRSevern Valley Railway. However the SVRSevern Valley Railway has acquired a number of Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper carriages which are used as temporary accommodation. They are of two varieties, the Sleeper Either class (SLE) and the Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP).
| Number | Version | Built | Build location | To SVRSevern Valley Railway by | Current or usual location | Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey |
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| 10569 | SLEP | 1982 | Derby | May 2007 | Bewdley | 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org |
| 10606 | SLEP | 1982 | Derby | Kidderminster | 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org | |
| 10696 | SLE | 1983 | Derby | April 2007 | Bewdley | 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.org |
| 10713 | SLE | 1983 | Derby | April 2007 | Kidderminster Diesel Depot | 10713 on vintagecarriagestrust.org |
10569 was first used in preservation on the VSOEVenice Simplon Orient Express set at Stewarts Lane. By 2005 it had transferred to the Northern Belle fleet, based at Crewe Carriage Shed. It is in chocolate and cream livery and bears the name “Leviathan”.
All the Mk 3a carriages listed are owned by SVR(H).
The Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey gives details of a fifth Mark 3 Sleeper, No 10677, which reportedly arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway circa 2010. This is believed to be in course of being stripped for spares and scrapped at Kidderminster.
Gallery
10569
10606
10696
10713
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
