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LMSR Six-wheel Passenger Brake Van 32972 when in use with BR   Ivor Bufton collection

 

A total of one hundred and twenty of these were built to period three design in four lots between 1932 and 1940. The final withdrawals took place in 1978. The gangways had been removed from some of late survivors.

Built: 1932 Lot number: 664 Diagram: 1796 Total: 25
Number Withdrawn Disposal
32900 1968 Originally numbered 2842. Broken up at Wolverton Works either by Works staff or G. Cohen staff. Confirmation of who did the breaking would be appreciated.
32901 1969 Originally numbered 2848. Disposed of at/from Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings p9/69
32902 1969 Originally numbered 2849. Disposed of at/from St. Rollox Works, Glasgow p9/70.
32903 1967 Originally numbered 2851. Disposed of at/from Ipswich C&W p3/67
32904 1969 Originally numbered 2853. Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 3/4/70.
32905 xxxx Originally numbered 2858. Despatched from Carlisle to W. H. Arnott Young, Dinsdale, Darlington, County Durham 5/6/79.
32906 1967 Originally numbered 2859. Despatched to Bird Group, Risca, Caerphilly 12/7/68.
32907 1970 Originally numbered 2860. Despatched from Nottingham to Steelbreaking & Dismantling, Tapton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire w/e 4/1/71.
32908 1970 Originally numbered 2861. Despatched from Carlisle to W. H. Arnott Young, Dinsdale, Darlington, County Durham 24/7/70.
32909 1970 Originally numbered 2862. Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 15/5/70.
32910 1967 Originally numbered 2866. Disposed of at/from Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings p9/67.
32911 1967 Originally numbered 2867. Disposed of at/from Hatfield p11/67.
32912 1968 Originally numbered 2869. Disposed of at/from Wolverton Works p9/68.
32913 1969 Originally numbered 2876. Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 19/5/69.
32914 xxxx Originally numbered 2878
32915 xxxx Originally numbered 2880
32916 1970 Originally numbered 2882. Disposed of at/from Heaton p3/71
32917 1970 Originally numbered 2883. Disposed of at/from St. Rollox Works, Galsgow p9/70.
32918 1967 Originally numbered 2884. Despatched from Peterborough Yard to Princess Elizabeth Locomotive Society based at Dowty Railway Preservation Society, Ashchurch, Gloucestershire. Moved to Bulmers Railway Centre, Hereford, Herefordshire, then to Midland Railway Centre.
32919 1970 Originally numbered 2886. Despatched from St. Phillips Marsh, Bristol to Dart Valley Railway, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Moved to Severn Valley Railway, arrived 2/5/72.
32920 xxxx Originally numbered 2888
32921 1970 Originally numbered 2892. Despatched from Stonebridge Park 29/4/72.
32922 xxxx Originally numbered 2893
32923 1969 Originally numbered 2895. Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 3/4/69.
32924 1968 Originally numbered 2897. Despatched to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 15/10/69.
Built: 1933 Lot number: 669 Diagram: 1796 Total: 50
Number Withdrawn Disposal
32925 1970 Despatched to G. Cohen, Morriston, Swansea 12/12/70.
32926 1972 Slag Reduction Company, Ickles, Rotherham, South Yorkshire p3/73
32927 1969 Despatched from Carlisle to J. MacWilliam, Shettleston, Glasgow 13/12/69
32928 1970 Despatched from Blackpool to Armytage & Sons, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 10/4/70, arrived 13/4/70.
32929 1968 Disposed of at/from Leeds p7/68
32930 1969 Despatched to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 22/11/69.
32931 1968 Disposed of at/from Wolverton Works
32932 1968 Disposed of at/from Wolverton Works
32933 1969 Disposed of at/from Gloucester Upper Yard p9/69
32934 1969 Disposed of at/from York p12/69
32935 1967 Disposed of at/from Willesden Carriage Sidings p3/67
32936 1967 Disposed of at/from Peterborough Yard p12/67
32937 1969 Arnott Young, Dinsdale, Darlington, County Durham 10/69xxxx
32938 1970 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 16/10/70.
32939 1967 Disposed of at/from Derby Etches Park p5/67.
32940 xxxx xxxx
32941 xxxx xxxx
32942 xxxx xxxx
32943 1969 Disposed of at/from Glasgow Salkeld Street p6/69.
32944 1970 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 23/6/70.
32945 1970 Despatched from Carlisle to W. H. Arnott Young, Dinsdale, Darlington, County Durham 24/4/79.
32946 1969 Disposed of at/from Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings p4/70.
32947 1971 Disposed of at/from Heaton p10/71.
32948 1970 Disposed of at/from Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings p8/70.
32949 1969 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 29/4/69.
32950 1971 Despatched from Crewe to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 20/7/71, arrived 21/7/71.
32951 1967 Disposed of at/from Peterborough Yard p12/67.
32952 1967 Disposed of at/from Dtonebridge Park p9/67.
32953 1969 Despatched from Preston to Central Wagon, Wigan 26/8/69
32954 1968 Disposed of at/from Wolverton Works p4/69.
32955 1970 Dispposed of at/from Heaton p8/70.
32956 xxxx xxxx
32957 1970 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire, 23/6/70.
32958 1970 Disposed of at/from Doncaster Works p5/72.
32959 1971 Despatched to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 1/11/71.
32960 1969 Despatched to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 22/11/69.
32961 1967 Disposed of at/from Grantham p8/68.
32962 1971 Disposed of at/from Bristol p8/71.
32963 1968 Disposed of at/from Cockshute Yard, Stoke-on-Trent p3/68
32964 1969 Disposed of at/from Derby Etches Park p10/69
32965 1968 Disposed of at/from Lowestoft p1/69
32966 xxxx xxxx
32967 1970 Disposed of at/from Motherwell p7/70
32968 1969 Despatched to G. Cohen. Morriston, Swansea 13/8/69.
32969 1970 Despatched from Carlisle to W. H. Arnott Young, Dinsdale, Darlington, County Durham 22/5/70.
32970 1970 Despatched from Tyseley to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 15/5/70.
32971 1968 Despatched to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 15/10/68.
32972 1969 Disposed of at/from Glasgow Salkeld Street p2/70
32973 1969 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 10/12/69.
32974 1970 Despatched to G. Cohen. Morriston, Swansea 12/12/70.
Built: 1938 Lot number: 1091 Diagram: 2000 Total: 25

Gangways removed on 32991

LMSR Six-wheel Passenger Brake Van 32978 with Gangways removed is pictured at the Great Western Railway Museum at Coleford where it was located for a number of years.   Charles Cross

Number Withdrawn Disposal
32975 1978 Despatched from Salisbury to Armytage & Sons, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire arrived 15/5/79. Re-sold and moved to Bluebell Railway for preservation, arrived 27/6/79.
32976 1976/77 xxxx
32977 1969 Disposed of at/from Wolverton Works p4/70.
32978 1978 Preserved at Dean Forest Railway 1978. Moved to Great Western Museum, Coleford c1989, then to East Lancashire Railway
32979 1972/73 Despatched from Wolverton Works to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 30/7/74, arrived 1/8/74.
32980 1976/77 Despatched from Hexthorpe Yard, Doncaster to Armytage & Sons, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, arrived 28/3/77.
32981 1971 Despatched from Wolverton Works to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 10/3/72.
32982 1971 Despatched to J. MacWilliam, Shettleston, Glasgow p9/71.
32983 1970 Disposed of at/from Doncaster Works p12/70.
32984 1971 Disposed of at/from Micheldever 12/10/73.
32985 1976/77 Berry, Leicester, Leicestershire c12/76
32986 1970 Despatched to J. MacWilliam, Shettleston, Glasgow c10/70
32987 1974/75 xxxx
32988 1973 Despatched from Wolverton Works to the Strathspey Railway for preservation c11/73. Moved to Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
32989 1966 Disposed of at/from Old Oak Common p2/67
32990 1978 Preserved at Mid Hants Railway, arrived 24/4/79. Moved to Swanage Railway, then to Somerset & Avon Railway, Radstock 4/93, then to Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway, then to Vale of Berkeley Railway, Sharpness 3/16.
32991 1976/77 Understood to have been acquired from BR by Resco, Woolwich. Located at Nene Valley Railway 1977-1978. Body scrapped and chassis used for GER 197 located at Kent & East Sussex Railway. Can anyone confirm whether it went direct from Nene Valley Railway to Kent & East Sussex Railway or whether it first went to Woolwich or elsewhere? GER197 was acquired for preservation from Wisbech in c1979 were it had been used as a holiday home. Initial restoration is reported to have taken place at Plumstead before moving to the Kent & East Sussex Railway in 1984. Were body and chassis united at Plumstead or at the Kent & East Sussex Railway?
32992 1970 Despatched to G. Cohen, Morriston, Swansea 12/12/70.
32993 1976/77 xxxx
32994 1974/75 Preserved by Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at West Somerset Railway, arrived 2/76, moved to Churnet Valley Railway 1989.
32995 1969 Disposed of at/from St. Rollox Works, Glasgow p3/70
32996 1972/73 xxxx
32997 1974/75 xxxx
32998 1972 Converted to Breakdown Train Tool Van ADB975249 based at Tinsley. Preserved at Midland Railway-Butterley. Body work removed. Chassis used for MR 1260.
32999 1971 Despatched from Wolverton Works to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worcestershire 12/2/72.
Built: 1940 Lot number: 1262 Diagram: 2000 Total: 20

Gangways removed on 33004, 33005, 33006, 33007 & 33017.

Number Withdrawn Disposal
33000 1970 Despatched from Leicester to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 26/10/70
33001 xxxx xxxx
33002 1974/75 Despatched from Hexthorpe Yard, Doncaster to Great Western Society, Didcot for preservation 18/6/75. Body grounded and used as a shop before being broken up, chassis used for GWR 824.
33003 1973 Despatched from Wolverton Works to Strathspey Railway, Aviemore p4/73
33004 1978 Despatched to A. King & Sons, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire 7/7/78. Body grounded and used as a store.
33005 1976/77 Despatched to T. W. Ward, Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire c9/76
33006 1976/77 Despatched from Hexthorpe Yard, Doncaster to Armytage & Sons, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire arrived 18/7/77
33007 1976/77 Preserved Steamport, Southport c11/77. Moved to Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Body scrapped c2016, chassis intended to be used with body of L&Y 279.
33008 1958 Disposed of at/from Ashford Works 10/58.
33009 1976/77 Despatched from Doncaster to Armytage & Sons, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, arrived 13/1/78.
33010 1970 Despatched from Crewe to A. Loom, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire 7/11/70.
33011 1970 Disposed of at/from St. Rollok Works, Glasgow p11/70.
33012 1972 Disposed of at/from West Ealing p2/73.
33013 1968 Disposed of at/from Inverurie Works p8/68
33014 1974/75 Despatched from Hexthorpe Yard Doncaster to Aylesbury arriving 29/5/75. Then moved by road for preservation at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road arriving 3rd July 1975.
33015 1972 Slag Reduction Company, Ickles, Rotherham, South Yorkshire p13/72.
33016 1973 Despatched from Wolverton Works to Colwyn Bay Goods Yard 11/7/73 for onward movement to Betws-y-Coad where preserved at Conwy Valley Railway Museum.
33017 1976/77 T. W. Ward, Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire c9/76,.
33018 1970 Despatched to G. Cohen, Cransley, Kettering, Northamptonshire 1/11/71
33019 1971 Disposed of at/from Doncaster Works p5/71.

 

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