BR 59520 Class 117 DMU: Trailer Composite Lavatory built 1960

BR 59520 Class 117 DMU: Trailer Composite Lavatory built 1960

BR 59520 Class 117 DMU: Trailer Composite Lavatory built 1960
BR 59520 Class 117 DMU: Trailer Composite Lavatory built 1960

 

Present Location Mid Norfolk
County Location Norfolk
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
Diagram number 601
Lot number 30547
Type TCL
First Number 59520
Later Numbers NE59520
Present Number NE59520
Current Livery BR multiple unit green livery
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1996 ex-MC Metals for Stratford on Avon and Broadway Railway; at MoD Long Marston. Purchased privately and to Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Autumn 2001. Restoration planned to start 09/05 but by 02/08 stored out of operational use. To Dartmoor Railway 06/10. 04/16 at Meldon Quarry. By 08/22: moved from Dartmoor Railway to Mid Norfolk Railway.
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Finish Satisfactory
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 Many
Historical Importance Some Interest
Storage Secure Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/11/1999
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 29/04/2016
Photo by Steve West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 31/10/2022


 

 










 



 

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