Present Location | Peterhead Prison Museum (scrapped) |
County Location | Aberdeenshire |
Designed For | Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway |
Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in |
Wheel Arrangement | Body only |
Original Underframe | No |
Original Bogies/Wheelsets | No |
Additional Notes | 1 of 5 convict carriages built for Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway to transport convicts to Stirling Hill Quarry from HM Convict Prison, Peterhead. All 5 have survived: this one along with a second grounded body (qv) at Keyhead near Crimond; one in the garden of a private residence at Inveran, Castle Road, Maud; one formerly at the prison but now restored at Maud Railway Museum (qv); and one (to a slightly different design) as a store shed at Netherton of Logie, nr Crimond, Aberdeenshire (qv). (The fate of two other vehicles - an officers' inspection saloon (nicely varnished) and a prison guards' van (similar to the prisoners' vans but with larger windows short cabin and end verandas - is unknown). 2017: This body, the other one at Keyhead (qv) and the one from the private residence at Maud were all acquired by the Peterhead Prison Museum and the decision was taken to make one good complete body from the three, using the half body from Maud, half of one of the ex-Keyhead bodies plus parts from the remainder of that one and from the other. |
Owner | Peterhead Prison Museum |
External Structural Condition | Satisfactory |
Internal Structural Condition | Satisfactory |
Underframe Condition | Not Applicable |
External Finish | Derelict/Not Present |
Internal Finish | Not Applicable |
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 | Not Applicable |
Degree of Underframe Authenticity | Not Applicable |
Rarity | Few |
Historical Importance | Some Importance |
Operating | No |
Survey Date | 05/02/2005 |
Surveyor | Kevin Stroud |
Photo Date | 02/06/2017 |
Photo by | Steve West |
At Risk | No |
Date Record Last Updated | 14/01/2019 |