Mystery Mk3 Sleeper at Wolverton

[DBS92042]

There's currently a GWR sleeper numbered as 10612 outside at Wolverton Works.

As far as I can tell, this particular coach is the sleeper used at the Cornwall Expo in 2015 as a demonstrator for the GWR livery and Night Riviera refurbishment. Even though it's numbered as 10612, I don't believe it ever was 10612 (as the actual 10612 has been in service with FGW/GWR the whole time in the Night Riviera), so does anyone know this demonstrator sleeper's real identity please?

This link (https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety....wall-expo-2015-a-special-report-by-mick-house) shows the coach in question back in 2015. It's looking a lot worse for wear now but still numbered as 10612. Also note the bogies on the 'fake' 10612 are not the usual type wheres the real GWR 10612 is on standard bogies.
10588 also on site at Wolverton Works is still blue & grey so it isn't this one.


Many thanks in advance

 

[Peter Mugridge]

There's currently a GWR sleeper numbered as 10612 outside at Wolverton Works.

As far as I can tell, this particular coach is the sleeper used at the Cornwall Expo in 2015 as a demonstrator for the GWR livery and Night Riviera refurbishment. Even though it's numbered as 10612, I don't believe it ever was 10612 (as the actual 10612 has been in service with FGW/GWR the whole time in the Night Riviera), so does anyone know this demonstrator sleeper's real identity please?

This link (https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety....wall-expo-2015-a-special-report-by-mick-house) shows the coach in question back in 2015. It's looking a lot worse for wear now but still numbered as 10612. Also note the bogies on the 'fake' 10612 are the older style BT10 A wheres the real GWR 10612 hasn't had this style for a while now.
10588 also on site at Wolverton Works is still blue & grey so it isn't this one.


Many thanks in advance

There are four Sleepers listed as being at Wolverton in the current Combined Volume:

10530
10578
10588
10656

...so if it's definitely not 10588, there are three others that we have to try to work out by a process of elimination.

 

[DBS92042]

There are four Sleepers listed as being at Wolverton in the current Combined Volume:

10530
10578
10588
10656

...so if it's definitely not 10588, there are three others that we have to try to work out by a process of elimination.

Thank you, I'll have look into those coaches and see if any had similar bogies prior to 2015

 

[Defiance149]

Believe its 10656 https://cs.rhrp.org.uk/CarriageSurvey/displaycarriage.php?Ref=FEO62C7PXZIKWNRAJ4GS

Note the missing gangway bellows as per '10612' in addition to the non BT10 bogies.

 

[DBS92042]

Believe its 10656 https://cs.rhrp.org.uk/CarriageSurvey/displaycarriage.php?Ref=FEO62C7PXZIKWNRAJ4GS

Note the missing gangway bellows as per '10612' in addition to the non BT10 bogies.

That looks to be the one, thank you very much.
In which case, I can confirm 10656 is in fact not scrapped and at Wolverton Works in GWR livery (but numbered as 10612)

 

[Yorkshire09876]

I assume that nothing has been done to the interior of the livery demonstrator and it's still BR-era (and probably rather decrepit)?