The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund
The LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund was formed in summer 1976, initially to purchase LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Brake Third Open 23834 (later 16600), then in use at Gateshead as a work study coach numbered DE 320942.[1] This duly arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway, but unfortunately proved to be in worse condition than thought, resulting in a period of storage at Highley followed by eventual scrapping for parts recovery.[2] Parts recovered from 16600 are incorporated in most restored LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway carriages on SVRSevern Valley Railway, but unfortunately no photographs of it have come to light.
In late 1978 the Fund’s next acquisition was LNER Composite Corridor Brake 24068, already at the SVRSevern Valley Railway under private ownership. Further purchases of LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway rolling stock followed, including Open Third 43600 and BTK (Corridor Brake 3rd) 70759. In 2010 ownership of these three carriages was transferred to the SVR Charitable Trust; at the same time the LNER Carriage Group was formed as a department within the Trust, having common volunteers with the Fund[3].
In early 2016, the Fund transferred ownership of Wheelchair Open Third (WTO) 24105 and GNR Composite (CK) 2701 to the SVRSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust.[4] The LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund continues to support the restoration and upkeep of all LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway carriages on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
See Also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 44
- ↑ Article in SVRSevern Valley Railway News 56, “LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway(SVRSevern Valley Railway) Coach Fund Notes”
- ↑ Coach Fund web site
- ↑ LNER (SVR) Coach Fund Newsletter 51
