LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third

LYR 1474 Hughes taper-end Brake Third (L&YR) built 1910 (Newton Heath) bogie brake third with 5 passenger compartments and one Guard compartment.  Used initially on Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool express trains.  Several lasted into British Railways days in passenger service but this, the last one, had been downgraded to a Mess Van.  Acquired from British Railways Departmental Service in 1965, restoration completed in 1993.

Normally on public display at the Oxenhope Exhibition Shed on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, but also in regular service on KWVR Vintage Trains, often pulled by 957.

Currently awaiting fitting of luggage rack brackets and woven wire racks.  In need of a repaint into correct LYR colours for its centenary, for which donations are most welcome.

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