BR M81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake Built 1958

BR M81453 Mk 1 Gangwayed Full Brake Built 1958

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
County Location Torfaen
Designed For BR
Built By Pressed Steel
First Number 81453
Later Numbers M81453 84453 NEX92311
Present Number M81453
Owner Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Company
Diagram Number 711
Lot Number 30400
External Structural Condition Satisfactory
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
Stored Secure Open
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Rarity Many
Importance No Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Additional Notes BR1 bogies changed to Commonwealth on conversion to NEX (parcels sector). Riviera Trains, then to Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 09/04. Repainted from Parcels livery to maroon and renumbered back to M81453. After further work, back into service 06/06. By 09/17: moved from Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway to Gwendraeth Valley Railway project at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. By 08/26: moved from Gwendraeth Valley Railway to Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway.
Inspected By John Down
Date Inspected 24/09/2004
Main Photo Taken By Steve West
Date of Image 05/09/2015
At Risk No
Record Last Updated 01/09/2026

     








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