NER 70 4 wheel Family Saloon (body only) Built 1870

NER 70 4 wheel Family Saloon (body only) Built 1870

Present Location Tanfield Railway
County Location Tyne & Wear
Designed For NER
Type SPEC
First Number 70
Present Number None
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Body only
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies No
Additional Notes Body grounded nr Chester-le-Street. P 1976 at Tanfield Railway. 09/78: mounted on underframe ex BR FVY 87937 (qv). Tanfield ref 0065. Stored outside, but body completely sheeted. By 02/12 under restoration at Stanegate Restorations & Replicas, Haltwhistle. By 09/22: no longer mounted on underframe of BR 87937 which has been re-united with its own original body. By 02/26: returned to Tanfield railway - restoration continuing.
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Derelict/Not Present
Underframe Condition Not Applicable
External Condition Poor and Incomplete
Rarity Unique
Importance Of some Importance
Storage Secure Building
Operational No
Date Inspected 27/08/2005
Inspected By Kevin Stroud
Date of Image 27/08/2005
Photo Taken By Kevin Stroud
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 01/03/2026

     








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