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Preservation News - 4 Cor
4 Cor Driving Motor 11201 opens to the public at Horsted Keynes |
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One of our 4 Cor driving
motor cars, 11201, is now on public display in platform 1 at Horsted Keynes station on the
Bluebell Railway.
During a brief ceremony on Saturday 22nd January 2005 it was opened by Nicholas Owen,
presenter of the ITN's ITV
Lunchtime News, who is also a former Chairman of the Southern Electric Group and former
Editor of the group's bi-monthly magazine Live Rail.
To see more about the opening please click here.
This is the first opportunity to inspect the interior of a 4 Cor carriage since the early 1980s when the unit was withdrawn from steam hauled passenger service on the Nene Valley Railway. The coupé is complete. In the small saloon, one seating bay has been restored and all seats and panels have been replaced. Other seating bays have been arranged with exhibition displays to show the construction of the vehicle and different stages of restoration. It is hoped the car will be open during Bluebell Railway running hours at weekends and on public holidays. The only other 4 Cor motor car on public display is at the National Railway Museum at York, however museum visitors can only inspect the exterior there. |
| 11201 was moved on Tuesday 18th January 2005 from St. Leonards Engineering, where it had been restored, to the Bluebell Railway . It was tripped to Horsted Keynes two days later. To see more of the move please click here. | |
20th January 2005 4 Cor Driving Motor Car 11201 arrives at Horsted Keynes |
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Cor unit 3142 is to go on display after many years away from public view. On Tuesday
18th January driving motor open third car 11201 was collected from St. Leonards
Engineering by low loader departing at 1600 and arriving at Sheffield Park at 1845. Having
been unloaded it then remained on the tramway until Thursday morning when as part of the
"Thursday shunt" it was propelled to Horsted Keynes, departing around 1005 and
arriving around 1030, by SECR class 01 locomotive number 65. It was then shunted into its
position at the south end of Platform 1 - a platform that was formerly electrified. To see more of the move please click here.
11201 be on display to the public in platform 1 at Horsted Kenyes station on the Bluebell Railway from Sunday 23rd January 2005. Visitors will be able to inspect the interior, the first opportunity to do so since the early 1980s when the unit was withdrawn from steam hauled passenger service on the Nene Valley Railway. The coupé is complete. In the small saloon, one seating bay has been restored and all seats and panels have been replaced. Other seating bays have been arranged with exhibition displays to show the construction of the vehicle and different stages of restoration. It is hoped the car will be open during Bluebell Railway running hours at weekends and on public holidays. The only other 4 Cor motor car on public display is at the National Railway Museum at York, however museum visitors can only inspect the exterior there. |
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This page updated 8th September 2007 by Colin Duff. |
