Present Location | Fen Drayton |
County Location | Cambridgeshire |
Designed For | BR |
Build Location | Doncaster |
Built by | BR |
Diagram number | 73 |
Lot number | 30169 |
Type | FO |
First Number | 3065 |
Later Numbers | S3065; Orchid; Louis |
Present Number | Louis |
Current Livery | Pullman (pseudo) |
Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in |
Wheel Arrangement | 4-w bogies |
Original Underframe | Yes |
Original Bogies/Wheelsets | Yes |
Additional Notes | Allocated to Southern Region. Used in Ocean Liner Express by 1966. Used in consist of the Royal Train which carried the body of Louis, the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma from Waterloo to Romsey on the 5th September 1979 - hence the name now applied following restoration. P 1982 from storage at Basingstoke. Privately owned and at Mid Hants (used in Watercress Belle train in simplified Pullman livery) until sold to Carnforth in 1998. To the Hound Inn, Arlecdon, Cumbria and in use there as a restaurant by 02/03 - repainted in BR(S) green livery. To garden stone stockists Messrs Bannold, Capability Barns, Fen Drayton in 08/13 and at 07/14 being refurbished there as part of a tea room, which opened for business on 13/02/2018 under the name Carriages of Cambridge. 06/23: confirmed still in situ. |
Owner | Bannold Capability Barns |
Grid Reference | TL 327678 |
External Structural Condition | Very Good |
Internal Structural Condition | Very Good |
Underframe Condition | Not Applicable |
External Finish | Very Good |
Internal Finish | Very Good |
Degree of External Originality | As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before) |
Degree of Internal Originality | Conversion/rebuild/reproduction |
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality | As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before) |
Degree of External Authenticity | Poor |
Degree of Internal Authenticity | Fair |
Degree of Underframe Authenticity | Not Applicable |
Rarity | Many |
Historical Importance | Some Interest |
Storage | Secure Open |
Operating | No |
Survey Date | 06/07/1998 |
Surveyor | Barry Balderstone |
Photo Date | 11/09/2020 |
Photo by | Craig Browning |
At Risk | No |
Date Record Last Updated | 13/07/2023 |