GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station - Grouping Period Rolling Stock: gwrbsh1368

A 56ft long ganged Brake Third clerestory coach (diagram D29) believed to be No.3446 waits at the rear of an Up train in platform 7 at Snow Hill Station in 1947. Coach No.3446 was completed 1st November 1902 as part of lot 998. It had three third class compartments and a passenger’s lavatory. The photograph shows the corridor side. In the centre of the coach was a guard’s compartment with protruding lookouts. At the rear end was a large (28ft 6in long) van compartment. Bodywork repairs have resulted in several flush panels replacing the original ornate panelwork. These coaches were condemned a few years after this photograph was taken, in around December 1950.

This photograph is displayed courtesy of the HMRS (Historical Model Railway Society) and copies can be ordered directly from them using the link HERE, quoting reference AEL429.

Robert Ferris

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