Metropolitan 353 'Jubilee' steam stock coach (body only) built 1892

Metropolitan 353 'Jubilee' steam stock coach (body only) built 1892

Metropolitan 353 'Jubilee' steam stock coach (body only) built 1892
Metropolitan 353 'Jubilee' steam stock coach (body only) built 1892

 

Present Location Kent East Sussex
County Location Kent
Designed For Metropolitan
Built by Cravens
Type FY
First Number 353
Later Numbers 12
Present Number None
Current Livery Metropolitan Railway
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Body only
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes To Weston, Clevedon & Portishead by 7/07 - end doors and passageway added. After 1940 closure, garden shed Shrivenham. To Syon Park 8/74. Interior stripped: much useful detail remains on outer walls. Door ventilator and panel at Tenterden Museum. Investigatory work confirmed original numbers as 353 (Metropolitan) and 12 (WC&P) - previously thought to be 337 and 7, respectively. HLF grant application to allow full restoration to take part in 150th Anniversary celebrations of Metropolitan Railway: achieved First Stage Pass 03/11. To Boston Lodge Works, Ffestiniog Railway, 09/11 for restoration work, completed in time to take part in the 150 Celebrations 9 January 2013. Now on modified underframe of SR PMVY 1647 (qv). By 04/17: now at Kent and East Sussex Railway.
Owner London Transport Museum
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
Degree of External Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Much replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Not Applicable
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Not Applicable
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Secure Open
Operating Yes
Survey Date 09/01/2013
Surveyor Michael Cope
Photo Date 23/06/2019
Photo by Bradley Wurth
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 29/07/2019

As seen at Boston Lodge 24 September 2011
As seen at Boston Lodge 24 September 2011

Bradley Wurth 23/06/2019: another view
Bradley Wurth 23/06/2019: another view


 

 










 





 

 

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