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New LCDR coach body for IoWSR

Discussion in 'Heritage Rolling Stock' started by gwalkeriow, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. gwalkeriow

    gwalkeriow Well-Known Member

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    The IoWSR has taken delivery of another grounded coach body. 4134 is a 4 compartment brake 3rd, it wa built in 1898 at longhedge works as a 6-wheel 5 compartment 3rd. In 1014 it was rebuilt as a3 compartment brake then further modified in 1920 with the removal of its center wheelset.In 1927 It was rebuilt again in 1927 this time as a 4 compartment brake 3rd for service on the Isle of Wight. It was withdrawn in 1933 after just 6 years in Isand service. It was grounded at a farm in Gurnard IoW. As can be seen the body is in very good condition considering that it was withdrawn 78 years ago!

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    guard_jamie Part of the furniture

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    The number and railway markings very visible! Surely another excellent addition to IoWR stock. On my visit in the summer it was the carriage stock that turned an interesting day into an excellent one.
     
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  3. paulhitch

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    It could not go to a better home.

    On my last visit to the IOW a couple of weeks ago we were fortunate to share a compartment with a volunteer from the NYMR and his wife. They were quite "blown away" by the Ventnor West push-pull set resting in a siding; a lovely thing indeed. However it was equally impresssive to be riding, on an ordinary service, in a train of three Brighton bogies hauled by a Brighton locomotive.

    This place is an object lesson.

    P.H.
     
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    I'll be watching this one with interest.

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    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    Talking to people in the Bluebell C&W, I understand that LCDR coaches (made of teak) seem to have lasted much better than LBSCR ones (made of mahogany) - witness the relatively fast restoration of 3363 at the Bluebell, that took (admittedly with huge amounts of effort) only abut 15 months to do, with relatively little replacement of rotten wood. By contrast LBSC brake 949 seems to have lasted for ever, and an awful lot of the structure (especially at the bottom) has had to be replaced. Certainly the condition of this carriage 4134 seems to bear out that fact. (And SER coaches seem to be rarer than hen's teeth, but that's a different matter!)

    I wish the IoWSR well with this one, and look forward to a trip in due course. As others have said, the carriages there are a highlight of a railway that is small, but perfectly formed.

    Tom
     
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