083516

Your comments

• Ben

  12 June 2007, 17:37:17

  There was apparently a sighting of this at the Great Central Railway in 1995 so there is some confusion whether this was a mistake or whether it has now been scrapped - again any info welcome!

• Brian Cuttell

  20 June 2007, 22:46:14

  083516 - Reported to have arrived at the Great Central Railway on 30/5/92.

• john palin

  27 June 2007, 23:04:12

  083516

  Reported as sold to Great Central

  Sighted on 1.06.95 at Midland Railway Centre

  Source: Vintage Carriage Trust wagon section

  Hope this is of some help

• Brian Cuttell

  28 June 2007, 21:41:40

  The VCT wagon site originally had all the wagons from the MRC & GCR mixed up together under one heading. Although a valiant attempt has been made to correct this there are still a few GCR wagons incorrectly listed as at the MRC.

  083516 has the owner listed as GCR so the sighting was presumably at the GCR in 1995 not at the MRC.

• John Palin

  2 July 2007, 22:49:40

  083516 / 779852

  This wagon is not listed in theGCR Stock book dated 2002.

  It does however list a van numbered776852 which I assume is a different van to 083516

  Could this be a case of mistaken ID

  BR Internal Users book published by SCT dated 1992 shows 083516 as scrapped at Coopers Metals Handsworth on 5/92

  Any help appreciated and may the debate continue.

• Steve Jordan

  3 July 2007, 23:16:36

  Some more information on 083516 which I can confirm was KDB779852 and was condemned at Woking during period 10 of 1983 and taken into internal user stock by the end of period 12 of 1984. B776852 mentioned by John Palin is a red herring and definately a mistake in the GCR book. It was withdrawn at Exeter Riverside in period 7 of 1980 and broken up at Briton Ferry by the end of period 9 of 1980. Have submitted another print of 083516 in colour.

• Chris Thorn

  5 July 2007, 18:06:08

  Seem to recall this van was one of several vintage freight vehicles rescued from Coopers Handsworth at the same time by a prolific stock collector at the GCR. I regularly saw this vehicle in Woking bay and was pleased it survived.

• Bob Foster

  11 July 2007, 17:06:57

  This van is at GCR and the owner says it is in the sidings at Swithland

• Phil Hetherington

  10 March 2008, 20:57:23

  The van at Swithland is _definitely_ B776852; quite apart from being painted on the body side this number is clearly stamped on the underframe. I know, because I took a powered wire brush to it on Saturday to try to clear this mystery up!

  Thus any reference to B779852 at the GCR must be in error, I think.

  Phil (GCR volunteer)

• Ben Williams

  15 March 2008, 12:47:23

  OK Ive deleted the GCR sighting and reverted back to the original reference of this van actually being scrapped in 5/92! Hopefully thats the end of this one! Thanks to all who have helped...

• Phil Hetherington

  2 March 2009, 18:18:33

  The latest...

  It is now confirmed that 083516 (along with 083489) *was* sold to a GCR-based private owner from Coopers Metals, the invoice states both IU numbers and is dated 27.05.92. Thus, 083516 *is* on the GCR and must be the van now numbered B776852.

  The only problem with this is that other records state 083516 as B779852, yet the van on the GCR has 776852 clearly stamped on the underframe (from which the painted-on number was undoubtedly taken). So, what is its real original number? Is it possible that the '9' was stamped upside-down when it was new?

  Certainly some detail differences on this van (e.g. clasp brakes, OLEO buffers) are incorrect for B776852 (should be push brakes, spindle buffers) but would be correct for B779852... so the 'upside-down stamped number' theory looks possible.

  Further thoughts welcome!