TVR 31 First/Second Composite (body only) built 1883

TVR 31 First/Second Composite (body only) built 1883

TVR 31 First/Second Composite (body only) built 1883
TVR 31 First/Second Composite (body only) built 1883

 

Present Location Gwili
County Location Carmarthenshire
Designed For TVR
Built by Brown Marshalls
Type C
First Number 31
Later Numbers 6409
Present Number 6409
Current Livery GWR chocolate and cream
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Body only
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes Became GWR 6409. Condemned 10/26. With similar 6414 recovered 10/10 from bungalow in woodland at Crab's Cross, Redditch, Worcestershire. Both this and 6414 were built as 1st/2nd Composites (three First, three Second class compartments). Latterly 6409 was the kitchen/dining room and 6414 was bedroom/bathroom. Both had been well protected by the cladding of the bungalow. Both stored at Bewdley until to Gwili Railway 09/11. By 10/15 with TVR 52/6414 (qv) serves as the tea room at Bronwydd. By 04/23: now at Abergwili Junction - to be returned to use as a tea room shortly. By 08/23: following merger of Caerphilly Railway Society, Gwili Vintage Carriage Group and Swansea Vale Railway, now owned by Welsh Railways Trust.
Owner Welsh Railways Trust
Rarity Few
Historical Importance Very Important
Storage Secure Open
Operating No
Photo Date 12/04/2023
Photo by Steve Ehrlicher
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 04/09/2023

Dewi Jones 20/09/2011
Dewi Jones 20/09/2011

Robert Davidson 15/09/2022
Robert Davidson 15/09/2022


 

 










 





 

 

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