NSR 23 (ABC)

A suitable brake vehicle has always been needed for the Knotty Heritage Train, ever since NSR 61 & 127 entered service in August 2014. Initially, the trust were intending to replicate an 1870s 4-wheeler and drew up some plans. However, one of the coaches rediscovered at Rudyard Lake in 2014 was found to be the remains of a passenger brake. These parts were excavated and enough still exists to inform the design - suitably updated to include access for wheelchairs (CAD assisted).
As part of the fundraising process, a section incorporating the guard's lookout (ducket) has been recreated (displayed at Warley MRE in November 2014).
After much effort, sufficient funding from grants (with particular Thanks to HLF, Garfield Weston and the Worsley Family) and many other sources, has been obtained.
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We have been commissioned to build the bodywork for this carriage, and the trust are supplying a suitable chassis.

NSR 23 was launched on 1st May 2019 and entered into public service at the Victorian Gala over the weekend 4th, 5th and 6th May 2019.

A suitable brake vehicle has always been needed for the Knotty Heritage Train, ever since NSR 61 & 127 entered service in August 2014. Initially, the trust were intending to replicate an 1870s 4-wheeler and drew up some plans. However, one of the coaches rediscovered at Rudyard Lake in 2014 was found to be the remains of a passenger brake. These parts were excavated and enough still exists to info…  (read more)

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