BR 96327 4-w Horse Box, then Steam Heat Van now u/frame only built 1957

BR 96327 4-w Horse Box, then Steam Heat Van now u/frame only built 1957

BR 96327 4-w Horse Box, then Steam Heat Van now u/frame only built 1957
BR 96327 4-w Horse Box, then Steam Heat Van now u/frame only built 1957

 

Present Location Ribble Steam Railway
County Location Lancashire
Designed For BR
Build Location Earlestown
Built by BR
Diagram number 751
Lot number 30146
Type HBY
First Number 96327
Later Numbers E96327, DE321100, 041554
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4 wheel
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Converted by BR from Horse Box to Steam Heat Van. Used on Worth Valley Railway as stationary train heat boiler at Oxenhope. Transferred to Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway by end 2007 and in secure storage at GlaxoSmithKline, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston. To Lakeside Railway by 05/08. By 11/10 at Ribble Steam - body now dismantled with underframe carrying body of NLR First 77 (qv).
Owner Furness Railway Trust
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 19/09/2013
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 28/08/2006
Photo by Kevin Stroud
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 21/05/2021

Steve West 13/08/2017: underframe - see Notes above
Steve West 13/08/2017: underframe - see Notes above

Steve West 13/08/2017: maker's plate
Steve West 13/08/2017: maker's plate


 

 

















 

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