Built: 1897   Maker: Cravens       Bought: 1907    WC&PR numbered: 7-13  

Withdrawn by WC&P: 1940  Scrapped: ?

Photo courtesy of Weston-super-Mare Library

Carriage No 7 in London Transport Museum before restoration

After restoration.

Photo London Transport Museum

History:

Seven 4-wheeled carriages were bought from the Metropolitan Railway where they were known as the ‘Jubilee’ type. On the WC&P they were formed into close-coupled pairs. The seventh was a floater numbered 14, later 7. In WC&PR service these carriages had connecting doors only 18" wide built into the ends for use by guards. Carriages were painted Midland Red but later dark brown.

After closure, carriage No 7 was used on a farm at Shrivenham for some years. It is now owned by the London Transport Museum and is the only WC&P rolling stock survivor, and also the only remaining example of this carriage type. It was restored at Boston Lodge on the Festiniog Railway in 2012, albeit to its original Metropolitan Railway configuration. In Metropolitan Railway service it was a first class carriage No 353. Video of restoration at Boston Lodge >>. In Jan 2013 it featured in the London Underground 150 celebrations.

This carriage is currently on loan to the Kent & East Sussex Railway.

See also Colonel Stephens Society article.