Victorian era carriages at Swanage railway

Hi,

On my recent visits to the Swanage railway, I have noticed some old victorian era/style wooden bodied coaches. They have no running chassis and are painted green. I know they are used for storage, but can anyone tell me how many there are and what sort of history they have? (ie LBSC or LSWR).

It would be interesting to know,


Many thanks

 

LSWR so I am told, I understand that there is no plans to restore them to running order in the near future.

Regards
Chris

 

http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=306
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=315
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=320

 

Thanks very much.

If they ever were to be restored, sounds like it would be on a rainy day when they re running into Wareham and have storage space and carriage resoration facilities sorted.
Would look good in LSWR livery with the LSWR livery M7.

BTW i am not intending to start a controversial debate, just dreaming. (its a sunday afternoon)

 

In answer to your question there are the 3 LSWR bodies referred to by Dace83, one currently at Norden, one at Harmans Cross and one in the sidings at Swanange. The one at Norden was only actually put there in December last year after it was craned out from next to the viewing area at Swanage where it had sat since 1970-something.

There is a long-term plan to do something with them, but as you say this is very much in the long term. If a group of people came along with a feasible plan to get them done in the shorter term then I'm sure it would be welcomed, but as it stands progress is limited by good old fashioned time, manpower and money.

Regards

Nick

 

Well, if I did have a group of people willing to restore them and able to help fundraising, then an m7 with LSWR coaches wouldn't be to far-fetched an idea!

 

Better to concentrate on the slight yonger Ironclad, Maunsells and Bullied carriages first.

We need a coach with a brake compartment of some sort as well to work with the intended vintage train as none of the three had one. A possible suitable coach at Wool but that part much loved private house!