Any takers for National Railway Museum's ex-broad gauge GWR carriage?

A GWR former broad gauge carriage is one of three items of rolling stock that the National Railway Museum is offering to give to a new home.

Six-wheel tri-composite No. 820 of 1887 was converted to standard gauge a few years later, and then became a camping coach.

Stored at the Locomotion museum in Shildon, it has no interior and externally is in poor condition.

The NRM has decided to dispense with it as it is ‘duplicated' by the LSWR tri-composite and Midland Railway six-wheel carriages on display at Station Hall.

Also on offer are LNER fourwheeled long-wheelbase tunnel inspection van No. DE470818 of 1940 with footsteps for working inside tunnels, and NER six-plank sand wagon No. DE14974 of 1912.

An NRM spokesman said: “We occasionally transfer items from the collection if we believe there may be more suitable organisations for their display, with a view to making the collection more accessible.”

Would-be takers for any of the vehicles have until October 15 to apply. Preference will be given to accredited museums.