Whereabouts of preserved(?) BR coach in North Tyneside

[Trev52A]

For many years the passengers on the Tyne & Wear metro crossing the viaduct between Howdon and Hadrian Road stations could look down and see a BR coach (Mk1?) in the grounds of a roofing contractor. Possibly it was in use as an office. I have noticed recently that the buildings have been demolished and the coach has gone. Does anyone know what happened to it?

 

Trevor

[Wickham Green]

Have you tried http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/search.asp ? ............ it doesn't find anything for Howdon but your local knowledge might suss out something appropriate.

[balders]

*see below* I'm way off the mark. Good work Mr. C 

Edited September 11, 2019 by balders

[Caledonian]

last seen attached to a pub called The Bogie Chain but now transferred to the Aln Valley Railway

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/travel-tourism/bogie-chain-pubs-former-train-16238043

[Trev52A]

@ Stuart (Caledonian)

That's it! Many thanks for finding this. Seems there will be a hell of a lot of 'restoration' involved, as part of the body had been removed by the pub!

I had recollections of it being part of a pub/restaurant but couldn't recall the name 'Bogie Chain'. The coach still appears on Google Earth maps at present, only being removed earlier this year.

 

Here it is (or was) in relation to the viaduct near Wallsend, appearing bottom right .

 

Also thanks to Wickham Green and balders for their inputs

Cheers

Trevor

Edited September 12, 2019 by Trev52A