BR 15208 Mk 1 Corridor Composite (underframe only) built 1953

BR 15208 Mk 1 Corridor Composite (underframe only) built 1953

BR 15208 Mk 1 Corridor Composite (underframe only) built 1953
BR 15208 Mk 1 Corridor Composite (underframe only) built 1953

 

Present Location Great Central
County Location Leicestershire
Designed For BR
Built by Metro Cammell
Diagram number 126
Lot number 30005
Type CK
First Number 15208
Later Numbers M15208 (B964122)
Present Number M15208
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Underframe only
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1976. Churnet Valley: but at Long Marston Airfield by 6/04. Noted 6/07 that all remaining useful parts have now been removed. By 10/10: underframe and the remains of the body at the Great Central Railway where now the subject of a RVP project to re-create a Brake Tender, as used with early BR diesels - to be numbered B964122, being the next in the Brake Tender number sequence. By 07/12 reduced to underframe only. By 11/17: brake tender completed (see second additional photo below) - a record for this 'new' vehicle will be created on the Wagon Survey.
Owner Railway Vehicle Preservations
External Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Poor and Incomplete
External Finish Poor and Incomplete
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Poor
Degree of Internal Authenticity Not Applicable
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 20/05/2001
Surveyor Trevor England
Photo Date 12/03/2016
Photo by Steve West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 04/03/2019

As seen 07/12.
As seen 07/12.

Brian Hallett 18/11/2017. See Notes above.
Brian Hallett 18/11/2017. See Notes above.

Steve West 25/01/2019: view from other end
Steve West 25/01/2019: view from other end


 

 
















 

 

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