Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper

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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 (SLEP) carriages which are used as temporary accommodation.

Number Built Build location To SVRSevern Valley Railway by Current or usual location Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
10569 1982 Derby May 2007 Bewdley 10569 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
10606 1982 Derby Kidderminster 10606 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
10696 1983 Derby April 2007 Bewdley 10696 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
10713 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

Sources

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey

See also

List of carriages