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The project is supported with grant aid from the
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. Please send all corrections, additions, photographs, requests for information to us by email. Railway Carriages represent an important
aspect of the history of our country and this project will allow them to take their
rightful place within our industrial and transport heritage. As an indication, over 400 of
the 5,500+ carriages "preserved" within our country are over 100 years old. This
survey will allow them (also others, younger - but still of importance) to be identified
and recognised. An important aspect of the project is to
survey each carriage's present condition and record sufficient information to be able to
assess its historical significance. Information is recorded on a computer database, so
allowing comparisons and information retrieval to be readily accomplished. The ease and flexibility of searching a
computer database greatly assists study of all aspects of the contribution of extant
railway carriages to our industrial and social history. The survey also allows vehicles of
special merit to be identified - also those which for some reason or another are "at
risk". Other benefits include helping towards
"Collections Management" - by allowing an assessment of how individual carriages
compare with one another, not only within any particular Railway's or Museum's collection,
but also when compared with similar carriages located at other sites within the UK. This
has already proved very useful when making applications for Grant assistance towards
conservation or restoration of specific carriages, and by putting preserving groups or
individuals in touch with one another for the exchange of information and for the joint
purchasing of raw materials or specially made items.
The Carriage Survey Project is co-ordinated by The Railway Heritage Register Partnership.