Coaching Stock
There are a number of historic coaches in use, mainly built by the Great Western Railway.
9111 King George and 9116 Duchess of York are two "Super Saloons" once used on the Plymouth to London Ocean Mail trains, as was Special Saloon 9005. Hawksworth Brake Composite Corridor (BCK) 7377 was formerly used on the Royal Train. Saloon Coach 8294 was a GWR Directors' Saloon and part of Queen Victoria's Royal Train but is not currently in service.
More ordinary coaches are Tourist Second Opens (TSO) 1285 and 1295, and a Collett Brake Third (BT) number 1645. Third Corridor (TK) 536 is a "Toplight" coach on long term loan from Great Western Society. 6515 is another BTK, though it has been converted for disabled passengers, and W276 is a Gangway Brake (BG) parcels van.
These are supplemented by a few British Rail Mark 1 coaches: TSOs W4496 and W4962; Second Open (SO) W4785; Composite Corridor (CK) E15644; Brake Second (BS) E43147 and Restaurant Buffet (RB) W1917. Restaurant Miniature Buffet (RMB) W4805 has been rebuilt to include a bar and is mainly used on dining trains, while a former Brake Second Corridor (BSK) W35326 has had a kitchen built into the luggage area. SO 4802 has been modified both to carry wheelchair-bound passengers and provide a buffet. Conventional seating is also retained.
Three ex-BR auto coaches are also on the railway, numbers W225, W228 and W240. The first two of these were the last auto coaches in use on the Tiverton branch in 1964.
Read more about this topic: List Of Rolling Stock Preserved On The South Devon Railway
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