SR S2464 Gangwayed Luggage Van built 1931
| SR S2464 Gangwayed Luggage Van built 1931 |
Present Location | Margate | County Location | Kent | Designed For | SR | Where built | Ashford | First Number | 2464 | Present Number | S2464 | Other numbers | S2464S S2464 | Owner | Swanage Railway Trust | Diagram number | 3097 | Lot number | A573 | External Structural Condition | Good | Internal Structural Condition | Good | Underframe Condition | Satisfactory | Operating | No | Stored | Secure Building | Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in | Rarity | Few | Historical Importance | Very Important | Notes | On lengthened LSWR 51 ft underframe ex-BT 2869 (qv), Casevac Train 34/334 WW2. W1961. Given Pullman livery in 1962: carried Churchill's coffin after State Funeral on 30/01/1965. P 1966 at 'Industry Halls Centre', Los Angeles. Repatriated via Southampton 09/07: to Cranmore, then by 05/10 to Swanage Railway. Intended to form part of museum display at Corfe Castle. By 07/14 in use as C&W store. 01/15: on display at NRM York as part of the "Churchill's Final Journey" display. Later to NRM Shildon. 09/19: moved - on loan - to Locomotive Storage Ltd site at Westwood, Margate (part of Hornby works, being planned for a future public railway heritage attraction to be called the One Collection.
| Inspected by | David Wigley | Date of Inspection | 15/03/2014 | Photo by | Mike Haddon | Photo Date | 27/02/2015 | At Risk | No | Date Record Last Updated | 07/12/2022 |
| Photo by Steve West 10/08/2013 |
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