SR 442 Four-wheel Guard/Luggage Van (body only) (Scrapped) Built 1937

SR 442 Four-wheel Guard/Luggage Van (body only) (Scrapped) Built 1937

Present Location Bluebell
County Location West Sussex
Designed For SR
Build Location Eastleigh
Built By SR
Specific Type Van C
First Number 442
Later Numbers S442S
Present Number 442
Owner Bluebell Railway
Diagram Number 3092
Lot Number 928
External Structural Condition Not Applicable
Internal Structural Condition Not Applicable
Underframe Condition Fair
Capacity (tons) 10
Operating No
Stored
Number of Wheels 4
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheelbase 23 ft
Rarity Many
Importance Some Interest
Additional Notes P Bluebell 7/1970. Generator set added, then removed 1999. By 8/04: repainted into SR green - looking more healthy but still the worst of Bluebell's four Van Cs and, as such, the most likely to be used as a donor underframe. By 01/17: body scrapped and underframe now used to mount SER172 (qv).
Inspected By David Wigley
Date Inspected 08/06/2014
Main Photo Taken By Kevin Stroud
Date of Image 16/04/2003
At Risk No
Record Last Updated 25/03/2025

     








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