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Cambrian Railways coach number '238'
Cambrian Railways semi corridor 1st/3rd composite carriage no.238 (renumbered 6277 by Great Western Railway 1922. In 1939 converted into a wireless van and renumbered 40576. In 1946 converted into painters’ coach and renumbered 80945. Underframe is the last one it ran on in BR ownership but is not its original. Mounted on ex-MOD (originally GER) bogie underframe No. 82667 (cut and shut). Restored exterior and one first and one third class compartment, remainder of interior remaining as a single open space.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1997.208
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Cambrian Railways
Association Type: railway company
Date: 1895
Associated Person/Body: Great Western Railway
Association Type: railway company
Date: 1922
Creation/Production
Metropolitan Railway Carriage Company
Acquisition
Donation, 20/10/1997
Measurements
Length
(mm): 14690
Width
(mm): 2620
Height
(mm): 3550
Weight
(tonnes): 20
Material
wood
glass
metal
asbestos, white - Chrysotile
Location
In store
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