Present Location | Carnforth |
County Location | Lancashire |
Designed For | BR |
Build Location | Swindon |
Built by | BR |
Diagram number | 73 / AD103 |
Lot number | 30717 |
Type | FO |
First Number | 3141 |
Later Numbers | 3608 E1063 |
Present Number | W3141 |
Current Livery | BR(W) Chocolate and Cream |
Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in |
Wheel Arrangement | 4-w bogies |
Original Underframe | Yes |
Original Bogies/Wheelsets | Yes |
Additional Notes | Converted 1976 to Restaurant Unclassifed Open (RUO). Date of reconversion to First Open not known. RESCO registered for main line running. 2003: in BR(W) chocolate and cream livery. Acquired by English Welsh and Scottish Railway and transferred to Old Oak Common: repainted into EWS Maroon and in use in rail charter formations. Acquired by Riviera Trains in 2007. In store at Old Oak Common until its closure in 2009. Then to Crewe Down Holding Sidings until to Nemesis Rail, Burton upon Trent 08/15. By 08/18: moved to Eastleigh Works and later back to Nemesis Rail. By 07/19: in BR(W) chocolate and cream livery once again. 01/22: base moved from Eastleigh Works to Nemesis Rail, Burton upon Trent. 01/23: moved from Nemesis Rail to Carnforth, following purchase by West Coast Railway Company. |
Owner | West Coast Railway Company |
External Structural Condition | Very Good |
Internal Structural Condition | Very Good |
Underframe Condition | Very Good |
External Finish | Very Good |
Internal Finish | Very 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 | Very Good |
Degree of Internal Authenticity | Very Good |
Degree of Underframe Authenticity | Very Good |
Rarity | Many |
Historical Importance | no Immediate Importance/Not Applicable |
Storage | Secure Open |
Operating | Yes |
Survey Date | 17/08/2003 |
Surveyor | Kevin Stroud |
Photo Date | 09/07/2022 |
Photo by | Steve West |
At Risk | No |
Date Record Last Updated | 04/06/2023 |