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M&GN No.12
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(Photo: HC Casserly)
(Photo: Nigel Scarlett)
 
photos Chris Green 01/03/09)
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(photo Nigel Scarlett 20/04/09).Toolbox and end verandah under construction 1/08/09 (photo Chris Green)
 
Approaching
completion 18/10/09 (photo Ian Lake)
 
Almost complete lettered to reflect two eras of ownership on each
side (photps Nigel Scarlett 18/11/09)
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Key Facts |
Restoration
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Number |
12 |
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Type |
Brake down train riding van |
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Year of Manufacture |
1881 |
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Builder |
Birmingham Railway Carriage Works |
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Owner |
M&GNJRS |
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Status |
Under Restoration 04/09 |
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Comments |
Unique.
The
latest item in the JHCF fleet.
It was built 1881 by the Birmingham Railway
Carriage Works (BRCW) for the Lynn & Fakenham railway, which became the
Eastern Midlands Railway in 1883 and then the M&GN in 1893.
It was used for the Breakdown
train based at Melton Constable as a riding van for the breakdown crew.
It had a tool box at one end and a veranda at the other.
It was withdrawn in 1945 and has been used as a garden shed
since. The toolbox and the veranda were missing, these have been
remanufactured and will soon be fitted.
A ex-royal Navy under frame has been converted to the brake van length. The
latest photo shows
the vehicle painted and lettered, to reflect Eastern and
Midlands ownership and later form of lettering after the
formation of the "joint". |
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