Current number:
041602
Any other previous number(s):
B785609
Notes:
Carried 041562 in error. To Tanfield Railway, body burnt out during 2007. Bodywork removed by 2012 and rebuilt as brake van NE 153320 at Wooler. To Alnwick by mid 2012
Preserved Railway / Museum:
Aln Valley Railway
Category:
Preserved vehicles
IU 04xxxx series
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041602
24 November 2009 - Ben Williams
Incorrectly carries 041562 as seen here. To confuse matters - the real 041562 (a mineral wagon) is also now at the Tanfield!
21 January 2012 - Alex Betteney
Moved to M. Fairnington Engineering, Wooler (by 24/8/2011). Original burnt out body now removed and replaced with scratch built body, to look like a brake van carrying number NE 153320. Identified from worksplate on underframe (B785609).
28 June 2026 - Timothy Ackerley
Unfortunately I think the sighting on 4th May 2025 is incorrect. I visited Tanfield on 24th May 2026 and noted a wagon numbered B785609 but this is almost certainly a different van for which the original number is not known. I assume that Tanfield have used the number B785609 as they previously owned it.
I have tried a couple of times to contact the Tanfield Railway to confirm my suspicions but nobody has bothered getting back to me. However, the Railway Heritage Register has now come to the same conclusion so I am confident that this is what has happened. For reference, this is the RHR record:
https://ws.rhrp.org.uk/WagonSurvey/displayvehicle.php?Ref=1JV6FDB9AQ54YKIHL3T0