GCR No. 1663, built 1903

1st/3rd Class Brake No. 1663
No.1663 Composite 50ft 1st/3rd/Brake Clerestory non-corridor bogey carriage. Built by Gloucester Carriage & Wagon in 1903. Similar to GCR’s slip carriages. Seats 28 in three compartments. Now unique body-only recovered by Kim Brooker from Hull Kingston Rovers where it had been a temporary office. Now mounted on LMSR donor chassis, awaiting restoration. Photo courtesy of the Vintage Carriages Trust.
For further information, read the: History of GCR O Lavatory Van Comp. body No. 1663 and its donor chassis (Rev5 Mar2020)