BR 75642 Class 309 EMU: Battery Driving Trailer Composite built 1962

BR 75642 Class 309 EMU: Battery Driving Trailer Composite built 1962

BR 75642 Class 309 EMU: Battery Driving Trailer Composite built 1962
BR 75642 Class 309 EMU: Battery Driving Trailer Composite built 1962

 

Present Location Tanat Valley
County Location Shropshire
Designed For BR
Build Location York
Diagram number 448-EF 301
Lot number 30679
Type BDTCL
First Number 75642
Later Numbers 977962
Present Number 75642
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes Built for Liverpool Street - Clacton service. Later used south of Manchester in Departmental service for signalling tests. P Coventry Railway Centre 04/09. Gangway missing from driving end. By 06/18: moved to Tanat Valley Railway following closure of Electric Railway Museum.
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Good
Internal Finish Good
Degree of External Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Internal Originality As left Departmental service
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As left Departmental service
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance Some Importance
Storage Secure Open
Operating No
Survey Date 13/07/2013
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 10/09/2016
Photo by Steve West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 31/08/2019


 

 














 

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