Departmentals & Internal Users - 975290 - Test Car 6

975290 - Test Car 6

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975290.

James Fairchild

7 April 2004, 22:45:01

Also a now unique coach, this is the sole survivor from the first production order of mark 2 coaches, this (and W13252 at the NRM) are the only surviving mark 2's to feature windows with two sliding pieces rather than one.

Can anyone advise why it was last reported at GCR (N) Ruddington?

Thanks

James
Sam Burke

5 January 2007, 19:43:06

is this vehicle still in this livery?
ian saunders

10 January 2007, 17:49:11

this vehicle was carrying serco colours in 2004 as you can see in the next photos , it also appears to have had the corridor connectors removed at some point.
Ian Mathews

9 June 2009, 22:50:46

There's a good photo of Test Car 6 in Michael Harris' book, "British Rail Mark 2 Coaches" on page 120. That picture was taken in August 1983 and shows the carriage in departmental blue and red livery being hauled by a class 58. The picture shows to good effect how at that time, the red livery band was extended around the carriage ends - not a chevron in sight!
Matt Stoddon

26 August 2010, 01:13:25

There's also a photo at http://www.traintesting.com/images/class%2037%20steering%20bogie%20Glenfinnan.jpg which shows Test car 6 with the red livery band, whilst it was behind 37175 testing the CP5 self-steering bogies.

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