BR E86443 Mk 1 GUV (General Utility Van) built 1959

BR E86443 Mk 1 GUV (General Utility Van) built 1959

BR  E86443 Mk 1 GUV (General Utility Van) built 1959
BR E86443 Mk 1 GUV (General Utility Van) built 1959

 

Present Location Great Yarmouth
County Location Norfolk
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
First Number 86443
Present Number E86443
Other numbers 93443 96161 96212
Owner Eastern Rail Services
Diagram number 811
Lot number 30417
External Structural Condition Fair
Internal Structural Condition Satisfactory
Underframe Condition Poor and Incomplete
Operating No
Stored Secure Open
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Rarity Unique
Historical Importance some Interest
Notes Built as 90 mph GUV (BR Mk 2 bogies); then converted to Motorail van (110 mph), design code NP503, re-bogied with B5s. Later fitted with concertina end doors as 96212 - B4 bogies, Pullman drawgear. Probably only survivor of this GUV rebuild. To Dartmoor Railway, Okehampton by 07/06 - in "as delivered" condition. 04/21: now owned by Eastern Rail Services and moved to their site at Great Yarmouth from Dartmoor Railway.
Inspected by David Wigley
Date of Inspection 08/06/2008
Photo by Steve West
Photo Date 29/04/2016
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 12/08/2021

 
 

 

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