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…carriage holidays on the Derwent Valley line.

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SKIPWITH STATION







These BR standard Mk 2 carriages, once used on the west coast main line between London Euston and Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland, were withdrawn from passenger use in 1991.

 

They then served for over a decade for locomotive testing, based at Doncaster Works. They would have been visible to many passers-by as the “Doncaster Trial Train”.

 

The carriages are an open Standard class carriage (2e TSO 5856) and a First-brake composite (2d BFK 14157, later renumbered 17157).  To be sympathetic to the structure of the carriages, each apartment occupies part of both carriages.  Here’s a slide show of the carriages arriving on site prior to being refurbished (click the arrows on the large photo below).

The Carriages
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Self Catering Holiday Let York North Yorkshire Holiday Accommodation
Self Catering Holiday Let York North Yorkshire Holiday Accommodation
Self Catering Holiday Let York North Yorkshire Holiday Accommodation
Self Catering Holiday Let York North Yorkshire Holiday Accommodation
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