Carriage 124

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Carriage 124
in service (Photo:Colin Lea)
Built By	FR Co.
Frames	ex IOM R7
Designation	Service (Buffet, Kitchen, Toilet, Guards)
Length	36ft 6ins
History
Date Built	2005/7
Operating	FR
Carriages

1 Background
2 Entry into Service
3 See also

[edit]Background

The carriage 124 was built using the underframe from Carriage 121 and was oriiginally to be numbered 121. However the number was changed in March 2007 to allow a new (yet to be built) passenger carriage to use this number instead.

The first of the new "service cars", emerging from Boston Lodge in 2007.

As part of a carriage plan started in 2005 to increase set formation flexiblity and also to improve first class in observation carriages, the railway introduced the "Service Car" scheme, which saw the construction of new vehicles contain the guard's, toilet and buffet compartments all in one carriage. Carriage 124 was the first of these and it was built in 2005-7 in parallel with the second Carriage 100, the first observation carriage without a guards compartment.

The recovered underframe from the original 121 is seen before modification for its new purpose
*Date: 19th March 2006
*Photo: Bruce Brayne

124's new body dry assembled on 3 May 2006
*Date: 03 May 2006
*Photo: Paul Turner

By mid July 2006, 124 is fairly advanced with effort focused on fitting out the interior.
*Date: 16 July 2006
*Photo: Bruce Brayne

By the end of August 2006, 124 was nearly complete with interior work nearly complete and exterior uncoated
*Date 25 August 2006
*Photo: Bruce Brayne

124 moved into the Paint shop for final painting 29th August 2006.

[edit]Entry into Service

There was a test run with Carriage 100 and Carriage 124 hauled by Moelwyn on 15th March 2007 upto Tan-y-Bwlch. The trial was a success and final snagging work will finsh the carriages for entry into service. (per e-group post 40067 from Paul Lewin)

Carriage 124 entered service with Carriage 100 in A-set with 11:40 departure on Friday 6 April 2007