NER 2853 - 7 compartment composite

We have been commissioned by the owner of this carriage to carry out a number of restoration tasks.
When the carriage arrived, the number of this 7 compartment composite was not known. However, a little detective work has produced 22853, which is the post 1923 number for NER 2853. The carriage consists of two 3rds then three firsts and at the other end are two more 3rds. This format is Diagram 64 and 2853 was one of 26 built to this design, records give the date as February 1901 for 2853. The extra 2 arrived during the post-1923 grouping re-numbering carried out by the LNER.

The completed carriage has now (31st October 2017) returned to the Tanfield Railway, and on the following day it was placed on the siphon chassis that had been suitably modified. After running in and acceptance tests it will be available for service.
The official return to duty, in the guise of the NCB's A15 (ie based at Ashington Colliery) will be during August 2018.

We have been commissioned by the owner of this carriage to carry out a number of restoration tasks. When the carriage arrived, the number of this 7 compartment composite was not known. However, a little detective work has produced 22853, which is the post 1923 number for NER 2853. The carriage consists of two 3rds then three firsts and at the other end are two more 3rds. This format is Diagram 64 …  (read more)

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