Present Location | Swindon & Cricklade Railway |
County Location | Swindon |
Designed For | Cambrian |
Built by | Metro Carriage Wagon |
Type | CZ |
First Number | 110 |
Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in |
Wheel Arrangement | Body only |
Original Underframe | No |
Original Bogies/Wheelsets | No |
Additional Notes | First/Second 6-wheel Semi-Corridor Lavatory Composite with separate luggage compartment. Built 1894, W and then G 1934 as holiday accommodation in Hayle, Cornwall. Abandoned ca. 2000: significant rot set in. P Summer 2009 and now under active restoration by Swindon & Cricklade Railway Vintage Train Project. By 08/12 main floor timbers and all flooring replaced, all partitions replaced, internal corridor wall frames built and external cladding begun. By 08/17: work on roof completed; toilet installed (but not yet working). 05/19: work in progress on the luggage compartment doors (see main photo); work on compartment seating underway (see third additional photo below), with the side corridors also in place; restroom in First Class section now in place, with a pull-down sink and a hand-crafted toilet made from a photograph. 08/20: plan is to mount body on underframe of BR 94817 (qv). |
Owner | Swindon & Cricklade Railway Vintage Train Project |
Underframe Condition | Not Applicable |
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality | Not Applicable |
Degree of Underframe Authenticity | Not Applicable |
Rarity | n/a |
Storage | Under Cover |
Operating | No |
Photo Date | 18/05/2019 |
Photo by | Bradley Wurth |
At Risk | No |
Date Record Last Updated | 09/03/2024 |