Midland and Glasgow & South Western Joint dining car
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Science Museum Group Collection
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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Railway carriage, built to drawing 2829 for Midland Railway, No 3463, 3rd class dining car, built 1914 at Derby Works, withdrawn 1954. Comprises two dining compartments with fixed tables and chairs, a kitchen including oven and hob, two pantries, and two lavatories.
Midland and Glasgow & South Western joint dining car. With long-distance travel taking many hours, dining facilities for passengers were considered essential. Not all were luxurious: this one was for third class passengers, who would have been kept separate from people travelling first class.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock
- Object Number:
- 1975-7030
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), glass, paint, textile and vinyl
- Measurements:
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overall: 19812 mm
- type:
- carriage
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics
