WHR(P) Carriages

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1 Cote Coach ....¿....

Bogie carriage. Length 23ft. 20 seats. Built by WHR Ltd 1973.
Observation and Brake end car with central glazed saloon; observation compartment part-glazed. Based on modified Hudson chassis. Sold off to the Teifi Valley Railway.

2 Vale of Rheidol Brake ....¿....

4 wheel. Built by Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. 1902 (rebuilt GWR 1938).
Brake Van ex Vale of Rheidol Railway, purchased from British Rail 1968.

3 ‘Old Toastie’:Bogie carriage. Length 16ft. 18 seats. Built by WHR(P) Ltd 1980.

Open toast rack, non-glazed, 3 compartments. Based on Hudson chassis.

5 Bogie carriage. Length 39ft. 44 seats. Built 1913.

Chassis of Deutsche Reichsbahn bogie coach No. 960 140 awaiting new body. Imported 1972.

6 'The Four Wheeler' ....¿....

4 wheel carriage. Length 11 ft. 12 seats. Converted from RNAD flat wagon No. 69 by WHR(P) Ltd 1995.
Former No.6:Bogie carriage. Length 16ft. 18 seats. Built by WHR(P) Ltd 1981.
Semi-open toast rack, part-glazed, 3 compartments. Based on Hudson chassis.
Sold off to the Amerton Railway.

7 'Eisteddfod coach' ....¿....

Bogie carriage. Length 26ft. 32 seats. Built by WHR(P) Ltd 1987.
Saloon, central corridor, fully glazed. Based on modified Hudson chassis.

8 Gladstone Car ....¿....

Bogie carriage. Length 26ft. 24 seats. Built by Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co. 1891
Central glazed saloon, open balcony at either end. Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways No.8. Recovered in 1989.

10 Buffet Car ....¿....

Bogie carriage. Length 30ft. 33 seats. Built by Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. 1893.
Saloon fully-glazed, centre corridor. Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways No.10. Modified to form Buffet Car in 1927. Recovered in 1987. A new underframe has been mounted on the original bogies and work has started on the timber work. Due for completion Easter 2009.

11 FR Carriage 23 ....¿....

(Although this appears in the current WHR(P) carriage web pages, it is based on the WHR(C).
Ex-NWNGR carriage 11 was taken over by the "old" WHR and was renumbered in 1923 as 23 in the joint FR Co./WHR scheme.)

25 Corridor Coach:Bogie carriage.

Replica of NWNGR No.9. A new underframe has been constructed and work on the NWNGR full height body has started. Due for completion Easter 2009.

42 Tourist Toastrack ....¿....

Bogie carriage. 24 seats. Built by Robert Hudson 1923.
Open tourist 'toast-rack'. One of six original toast-racks used on both WHR and FR. Recreated on the WHR(P) using an ex-FR Hudson chassis.

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