Didcot Railway Centre | Centre Guide

Coaches

At Didcot you can see over forty coaches, representing the most comprehensive collection of coaches of any of the pre-nationalised companies. On running days you can ride aboard coaches from the 1940s, or even earlier, on our demonstration lines. Some vehicles are regularly used in our trains, others are more usually viewed as static items inside the carriage shed venturing outside only for use on special occasions, whilst still others are in an unrestored state awaiting the attentions of our Carriage and Wagon team.

Historic Vehicles

No.	Description	Build Date	Lot No.	Diag No.	Length	Date Preserved
92	Churchward Auto Trailer	1912	1198	U	70’	1970
111	Collett Full Brake	1934	1512	K.41	57’
190	Collett Auto Trailer	1933	1480	A.30	62’ 8”	1970
231	Hawksworth Auto Trailer	1951	1736	A.38	64’	1964
250	Broad Gauge Body	18??	?	?	?	?
290	Dean 4-wheel Composite	1902	990	U.4	26’ 10”	1972
316	Hawksworth Full Brake	1950	1740	K.45	64’	1995
333	Hawksworth Full Brake	1951	1752	K.46	64’	1985
416	Dean 4-wheel Brake Third	1891	582	T.49	31’	1968
484	Churchward “Monster” Covered Carriage Truck	1913	1223	P.18	?	?
536	Collett 8 compartment “Sunshine” Third	1940	1623	C.77	60’ 11”	?
565	Churchward “Python” Covered Carriage Truck	1914	1238	P.19	?	?
814	Travelling Post Office	1933	1503	L.23	50’	1975
933	Dean Full Brake	1898	883	K.14	40’	1968
975	Dean 4-wheel Third	1902	992	S.9	28’	1968
1111	Collett 8 compartment “Sunshine” Third	1938	1593	C.77	60’ 11”	1969
1159	Medical officers Coach (Converted 1945 Diagram M.33 Lot 1481). Originally Churchward Passenger Brake Van - Toplight	1925	1344	K.36
1184	Collett Bow-Ended Full Brake	1930	1413	K.40	61’	1968
1289	Collett “Excursion” Third	1937	1575	C.74	60’	1968
1357	Dean 8 Compartment Third Clerestory	1903	1038	C.22	46’ 6.75”	1968
1941	Dean 8 Compartment Third Clerestory	1901	962	C.10	46’ 6.75”	1964
2202	Hawksworth 4 Compartment Brake Third	1950	1732	D.133	64’	1969
2232	Hawksworth 4 Compartment Brake Third	1950	1732	D.133	64’	1986
2511	Dean Third “Family” Saloon	1894	740	G.20	31’ 0.75”	1972
2796	Churchward “Siphon G” Bogie Milk Van	1937	1578	O.33	?	?
3299	Churchward “Dreadnought” 9 Compartment Third	1905	1098	C.24	70’	1964
3755	Churchward “Main Line & City” Toplight	1921	1275	D.62	48’	1965
3756	Churchward “Main Line & City” Toplight	1921	1275	D.62	48’	1965
3963	Churchward Toplight Corridor Third	1919	1256	C.35		1981
4553	Collett 8 Compartment Bow-Ended Third	1925	1352	C.54	58’ 4.5”	1974
5085	Collett 8 Compartment Bow-Ended Third	1928	1383	C.54	58’ 4.5”	1974
5787	Collett Brake Third	1933	1490	D.116	57’	1967
5952	Collett 8 Compartment Third	1935	1527	C.67	57’	1966
6824	Dean Clerestory Tri-Composite	1887	370	U.29	31’ 0.75”	?
7285	Collett “Sunshine” Composite	1941	1639	E.162	59’ 10”	1967
7313	Collett “Sunshine” Composite	1940	1621	E.158	59’ 10”	1969
7371	Collett “Sunshine” Brake Composite	1941	1640	E.159	60’ 11.75”	1966
7372	Hawksworth Brake Composite	1948	1690	E.164	64’	1966
7976	Collett Brake Composite	1923	1323	E.114	57’	1976
9002	Collett Special Saloon	1940	1626	G.62	60’ 11.75”	1968
9083	Hawksworth First Class Sleeper	1951	1702	J.18	64’	1970
9112	Collett Super Saloon “Queen Mary”	1932	1471	G.60	61’ 4,5”	1967
9113	Collett Super Saloon “Prince of Wales”	1932	1471	G.61	61’ 4.5”	1967
9118	Collett Super Saloon “Princess Elizabeth”	1932	1471	G.61	61’ 4.5”	1966
9520	Dean Tri-Composite Kitchen/Diner	1903	1011	H.7	56’ 0.75”	?
9635	Collett “Centenary” First Class Kitchen/Diner	1935	1540	H.43	61’ 4.5”	1995

Replica Broad Gauge Carriages

	Description	Build Date	Built at:
BG1	6-Wheeeld Third Class Open	1984	BR. Cathays
BG2	6-Wheeled Second Class Covered	1984	BR Cathays (rebuilt Didcot 2005/06)

Service Vehicles

(Not forming part of the collection of historic vehicles)

No.	Description	Build Date	Lot No.	Current Use
10509	BR Mk.III Sleeper	1981	90960	Dormitory Coach
35453	BR Mk.1 BSK	1962	30721	Railtour Support Coach
80224	BR Mk.1 NNX	1960	30573	“The Black Python Bar”
5458	BR Mk.IIa	1969	30791	Science, Learning and Railways
5495	BR Mk.IIa	1969	30791	Science, Learning and Railways