BR 34701 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second (scrapped) built 1955

BR 34701 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second (scrapped) built 1955

BR 34701 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second (scrapped) built 1955
BR 34701 Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second (scrapped) built 1955

 

Present Location West Somerset Railway (scrapped)
County Location Somerset
Designed For BR
Build Location Wolverton
Built by BR
Diagram number 181
Lot number 30156
Type BSK
First Number 34701
Later Numbers 3188
Present Number 3188
Current Livery Irish Rail (Iarnrod Eireann) black and tan
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P Gloucestershire Warkwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) by 08/07 ex Irish Rail 3188. Was modified by Irish Rail into a steam heating coach and the equipment is now (11/16) undergoing low priority repair - at Winchcombe. 09/21: sold to Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society - but at 01/22 not yet moved from GWSR. 07/22: sent for scrapping from West Somerset Railway (at Williton) to J Watson & Sons, Stafford.
Owner Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society
Rarity Many
Historical Importance no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Operating No
Photo Date 13/04/2017
Photo by Steve West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 15/07/2022


 

  










 


 

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