BR 62236 Class 423 EMU Motor Brake Second Open of 4-VEP Unit built 1968

BR 62236 Class 423 EMU Motor Brake Second Open of 4-VEP Unit built 1968

BR 62236 Class 423 EMU Motor Brake Second Open of 4-VEP Unit built 1968
BR 62236 Class 423 EMU Motor Brake Second Open of 4-VEP Unit built 1968

 

Present Location Strawberry Hill Depot, Twickenham
County Location London
Designed For BR
Build Location York
Built by BR
Lot number 30794
Type MBSO
First Number 62236
Present Number 62236
Current Livery BR Rail Blue
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes With 76262, 70797 and 76263 makes up 4-VEP EMU 423 417 (previously 7717, 3017). Repainted 2004 SW Trains BR Blue for last months of slam-door fleet. To Bluebell East Grinstead 01/09 but immediately to Eastleigh. Back to East Grinstead for summer 2010 opening of the (still isolated) northern section of the Bluebell Railway. By 11/11 with rest of set in carriage shed at Clapham Junction. By 12/16: with rest of set at Strawberry Hill Depot, Twickenham. By 06/20: restoration well advanced.
Owner Bluebell Railway
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
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)
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance Some Importance
Storage Secure Building
Operating No
Survey Date 25/05/2009
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 12/09/2010
Photo by Nick Felton
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 27/06/2020


 

 














 

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