British Railways (S)
MK1 TSO
S3924

S3924 is a MK1 TSO (Tourist Second Open) that was built by British Railways Southern Region at Eastleigh Works between 1954 and 1955. It regularly worked between London Waterloo and the Westcountry and would have likely visited Torrington on many occasions before the line closed. At some point during its life with the Southern Region S3924 was fitted with Commonwealth Bogies and converted to airbrakes with all of the vacuum braking equipment being removed.

 

S3924 was transferred to departmental use during the late 1980s where it was allocated the number DB977626. The intention was to convert it for use as a Class 90 Driver Training Test coach, however this conversion was cancelled part way through leading to only half of the seating area being removed. As a result this vehicle was removed from the National Network in 1990.

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S3924 was initially preserved at the Coventry Railway Centre where it was used as a static staff mess room. On the 29th of March 2006 it was moved to Torrington where it would eventually become our shop and visitor centre. In June 2022 S3924 was moved out of our platform area and into the siding for restoration work to begin, it is intended that this will be converted into a static museum in the near future.

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Status: Under Overhaul