| 10 |
3-compartment Composite |
IWR |
Built 1864 |
| One of 24 carriages built by the
Oldbury Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd in readiness for the opening of
the Isle of Wight Railway from Ryde to Shanklin. It has a large central
First Class compartment flanked by two Second Class compartments. The
roof profile was almost flat and lighting was by oil lamp. The carriage
survived to be fitted with electric lights and was withdrawn in 1923.
A new life as a garden chalet at Bembrige followed. It was donated to
the Wight Locomotive Society and was moved to Havenstreet in 1983. |
| 21 |
3-compartment First |
IWR |
Built 1864 |
| Also one of the original carriages
from the 1864 opening and with the same distinctive features. It has three
equal size compartments which had bench seats against each partition.
It became a workshop next to a bungalow at Cranmore and is thought to
have arrived soon after the house was built in 1913. After donation to
the Wight Locomotive Society it traveled to Havenstreet in September 1980. |
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| Unidentified |
4-compartment Second |
IWR |
Built 1864 |
| Although not positively identified
this carriage is believed to be one of the eight of this type ordered
for the opening of the Isle of Wight Railway in 1864, built by the Oldbury
Carriage and Wagon Company. After withdrawal from service it was grounded
as a chalet at Thorness Bay around the start of the First World War and,
over the years, had to be moved back from the cliff edge because of erosion.
It arrived at Havenstreet in 1991. |
| 35 |
4-compartment Composite |
IWR |
Built 1875 |
| It has proved impossible so far
to positively identify this vehicle. Although bearing all the hallmarks
of an Oldbury-built vehicle it is unlike anything delivered new to the
Isle of Wight Railway. For many years after its discovery at St Helens
no clue as to its origin was known until it was identified in the background
of a photograph taken at Bembrige. It is known that carriage No.35 was
altered from a Second to a Composite at Ryde in 1883 for service on the
Brading Harbour Railway and it is surmised that this body is of that vehicle.
This carriage was generously donated to the Steam Railway in 1993. |
| 38 |
3-compartment Composite |
IWR |
Built 1882 |
| This is one of a pair of Composite
First/Third carriages ordered from the Oldbury Carriage and Wagon Company,
along with four Seconds and cost £352. It received Southern Railway livery
and was renumbered 6335 in October 1924, remaining in service until March
1927. The body was discovered built into a bungalow on Hayling Island
and in 1975 was moved to Havenstreet to await restoration. |
| 39 |
4-compartment Second |
IWR |
Built 1882 |
| This carriage was one of four
Seconds delivered in 1882 along with two Composites which had a higher
roof profile than the earlier Isle of Wight Railway stock. It survived
to come under the ownership of the Southern Railway, receiving the number
2421 in 1924. Final withdrawal followed in 1927 when it migrated to Hayling
Island, becoming part of a bungalow. After donation to the Steam Railway
it was initially moved to a site at the Portsmouth Polytechnic and then
in March 1978 it arrived back on the Isle of Wight. |
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| 2418 |
7-compartment Third |
LCDR |
Built 1895 |
| This short bogie carriage was
one of a batch of five built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway
at Long hedge, three of which came to the Isle of Wight. When originally
built 2418 was fitted with Westinghouse air brakes which were subsequently
replaced by those of the vacuum system. In 1933 air brakes were refitted
for service on the Island. The coach was stored for most of the war years,
finally being withdrawn from service in 1948. When scrapped the body was
cut in two, both halves being grounded at Dodnor Farm, Newport. Both sections
are now at Havenstreet, awaiting their turn for restoration. |
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| 4115 |
5-compartment Brake Third |
LCDR |
Built 1898 |
| In 1898 Brown, Marshall of Birmingham
built six Brake Thirds for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, five
of which were destined for service on the Isle of Wight. The coach was
transferred to the Island in 1933. During its Island service its wood
paneled exterior was covered over with steel sheet although the lined
olive livery was applied to simulate the old style. After withdrawal from
service in 1948 it was moved to Ash Hill Farm at Atherfield where it was
used as a farm store and animal shelter. 4115 was the first carriage body
to be rescued by the Wight Locomotive Society, being moved to Havenstreet
in 1975. |
| 6378 |
4-compartment Composite |
LCDR |
Built 1886 |
| This was one of a series of First
Class carriages built by the London Chatham and Dover Railway in its own
workshops for boat train service. It originally ran on six wheels, the
center pair being removed in 1920. No date has been confirmed when one
compartment was downgraded from first to third Class making it a composite,
but 1927 seems likely when selected for transfer to the Isle of Wight.
In the event it was 1930 before it was transferred as part of Set 505.
Withdrawal took place in 1937 when it became a garden chalet at Rookley
Green from whence it was rescued in 1984. |
| Unidentified |
8-compartment Third |
LCDR various |
|
| When withdrawn in
1948 and 1949 the bodies of many of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway
bogie carriages were offered for sale. Besides the two Brake Thirds, one
of which is already at Havenstreet (see 4115), all other known remaining
bodies have been of "halves" of Thirds. The two portions of 2418 have
been saved and additionally several parts of other bodies obtained. Most
have not been in good enough condition to warrant retaining intact and
have been dismantled to provide a source of spare parts., although two
unidentified portions, consisting of two and three compartments, are retained
as potential restoration project. |
| 2403 |
8-compartment Third |
LBSCR |
Built 1903 |
| This is the only non-Island carriage
in the Isle of Wight Steam Railway collection. Two identical coaches did
run on the Island and it is for this reason that it has found a place
at Havenstreet. Its early history has not yet been thoroughly researched
although it is known that it was grounded at Runcton, near Chichester
in 1931 and built into a bungalow. An appeal raised sufficient money to
have the body transported to the Island in 1991. Restoration is being
undertaken as a private venture by Kim Chalkey, the railways former Carriage
and Wagon Supervisor. Funds are raised through a second hand bookshop
sited in the carriage. At present the exterior is restored and the interior
woodwork is 50% completed. When work on the body is complete it will be
mounted on a suitable underframe. An Island series number has been allocated,
being the next vacant after the last transferred London, Brighton and
South Coast Railway carriage. |
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| 4116 |
5-compartment Brake
Third |
LCDR |
Built 1898 |
|
Built by Brown Marshall of Birmingham,
one of six ordered, and delivered to the LCDR on 28th February 1898
as No 1189. In October 1906 it was renumbered SECR 3415, at which time
it lost the Westinghouse brake fitted from new. The Southern Railway
renumbered it 3251 at Ashford on 11th November 1924, and again to 4116
on 16th May 1933 at Eastleigh after it had been selected for further
service on the Isle of Wight, at which time the vacuum brakes were removed
and Westinghouse refitted.
It was transferred to the Island
on 23rd June 1933 as part of 4-Set No 496. During its time on the Island
the wooden panelling was completed replaced with galvanised steel sheet,
painted to simulate panels. Withdrawn on 8th May 1948, the body was
bought by Mr Chiverton and delivered to Fairfields Farm in the summer
of 1948 and transferred to Havenstreet in November 2001. 4116 is a sister
vehicle to 4115, already in the railway's ownership. These are the only
two complete examples of LCDR bogie coaches known, others on the Island
having been cut in half when sold off after withdrawal, and therefore
of historical significance.
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| FYNR No.6 |
4-compartment composite |
MSJ&AR |
|
| Built c.1880 for the Manchester
South Junction & Altrincham Railway, later Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire
Railway and then part of the Great Central Railway. 26' 9" long, 8' 0"
wide, body height 7' 3". Built as a 4-compartment Second Class vehicle,
it was one of seven purchased by the Freshwater Yarmouth & Newport Railway
late in 1912 but not transferred to the Island until 25 June 1913. For
the FYN it was retrimmed to provide two First class and two Third class
compartments, the Thirds at each end. Livery remained GCR varnished teak
with the company initials altered to FYN. It retained the vacuum brakes
and could only work with locomotive FYN No.2 (the preserved "Terrier",
No.8 Freshwater). On 30 April 1924 it became SR No.6359 and was withdrawn
on 31 December 1930. The body was sold off and, with a sister vehicle,
was grounded in 1931 at Wootton where it first became a chalet and later
a yachtsman's store. |
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| During the 1980s, as vehicles
with underframes suitable for use in our project to return historic carriages
to use became available, they were purchased from British Railway and
moved to the Island. The following bodies have been grounded at Havenstreet
and their underframes re-used: |
| ADS70014 |
Tool van |
LSWR 1924 |
Built 1924 |
| Accommodation Underframe |
| 1048 |
PMV |
SR |
Built 1943 |
| Underframe for 4112 |
| S1533 |
PMV |
SR |
Built 1947 |
| Underframe for 6369 |
| S1617 |
PMV |
BR |
Built 1950 |
| Underframe for 2343 |
| S1669 |
PMV |
BR |
Built 1950 |
| Underframe for 2515 |
| S1750 |
CCT |
SR |
Built 1938 |
| Underframe for 6336 |
| S1783 |
PMV |
SR |
Built 1942 |
| Underframe stored |