SVR Carriages

Some news of a planned vehicle swap announced by GW(SVR)A http://www.svrlive.com/kr-by-c-and-w

Update on Collett 6045 http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/whats_new.html

Patrick

 

Sorry to drag up a 7 year old post to reply to, but it was one of the most recent! News on Facebook from the Barry Railway Carriage Trust:

 

Thank you Patrick bit of a shame, but I couldn’t see where it would fit in.

 

For context, 163 was originally a 6-wheeled carriage built by Ashbury's of Manchester in 1895 for the Barry Railway. The carriage body, which had been used as a holiday home for some years, arrived at Hampton Loade in April 1992 (now more than 30 years ago!). A donor underframe from a 4-wheeled ex-SR Guards and Luggage van arrived in 2001 and after the frame had been shortened, the body was mounted on it in August 2003. The Trust was formed in 2009 to complete the restoration. According to the Trust's website, as of 2019 more that £50,000 had been spent on the restoration with at least another £25,000 needed, a sizeable part of which was for the coach to go through Kidderminster Carriage Works prior to being accepted into traffic.

Sadly the last few years seem to have involved more steps back than forward - it certainly looks in worse condition externally now than it did a few years ago looking at my occasional photographs. 30 years in the open have taken their toll in my view.

Returning to the original question of how it would have been used if finished, I heard a Director express the view a few years ago that it would not be used on the SVR because it would not meet their safety case. Given the Trust's comment above, I don't know if that was the Director's personal opinion or represented company policy at that time.