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The Midland Railway coach body, No. 255 was built in 1890, as one of 120 identical 3rd class, 5 compartment 6-wheel coaches built that year. The chassis, No. 1753, also came from the Midland Railway and is of a similar vintage and is identical to one that would have been under No.255. In 1920 The Midland Railway sold eight 3rd class coaches, including No.255, to the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, for use in Miners’ trains and No. 255 was renumbered 112. The B&M was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1923 and No. 112 was again renumbered to 4318. It was withdrawn from service around 1928, with the body being sold off to become a cafe at Pathfinder Village, on the A30 west of Exeter.The Midland Railway coach body, No. 255 was built in 1890, as one of 120 identical 3rd class, 5 compartment 6-wheel coaches built that year. The chassis, No. 1753, also came from the Midland Railway and is of a similar vintage and is identical to one that would have been under No.255. In 1920 The Midland Railway sold eight 3rd class coaches, including No.255, to the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, for use in Miners’ trains and No. 255 was renumbered 112. The B&M was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1923 and No. 112 was again renumbered to 4318. It was withdrawn from service around 1928, with the body being sold off to become a cafe at Pathfinder Village, on the A30 west of Exeter.The Midland Railway coach body, No. 255 was built in 1890, as one of 120 identical 3rd class, 5 compartment 6-wheel coaches built that year. The chassis, No. 1753, also came from the Midland Railway and is of a similar vintage and is identical to one that would have been under No.255. In 1920 The Midland Railway sold eight 3rd class coaches, including No.255, to the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, for use in Miners’ trains and No. 255 was renumbered 112. The B&M was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1923 and No. 112 was again renumbered to 4318. It was withdrawn from service around 1928, with the body being sold off to become a cafe at Pathfinder Village, on the A30 west of Exeter.
