GWR 9006 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Saloon built 1945

GWR 9006 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Saloon built 1945

GWR 9006 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Saloon built 1945
GWR 9006 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Saloon built 1945

 

Present Location Carnforth
County Location Lancashire
Designed For GWR
Build Location Swindon
Diagram number G64
Lot number 1673
Type SPEC
First Number 9006
Present Number 9006
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Special Saloon built - with 9007 (qv) - on underframe of war damaged GWR TK 1133 (1938). P NRM 1984. York till 1990 then Swindon till 05/91. Stored at MoD Kineton 1994-2004 then to Butterley. To Long Marston by 08/07. At West Coast Railways at Carnforth by 12/10, fully sheeted. No longer part of the National Collection. 02/20: confirmed still at Carnforth - paint very poor and peeling/crazed, partially sheeted.
Owner West Coast Railway Company
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Fair
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Under Cover
Operating No
Survey Date 27/08/2006
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 10/06/2000
Photo by Kevin Stroud
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 14/05/2020


 

 










 



 

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