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Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) The exterior of the vehicle has now been completed with final lettering and varnish applied. We are now on the home straight with polishing of the brass work and interior deep cleaning now the focus with the aim of finishing the coach and releasing it into traffic next month. Great Eastern Railway 1897 6 Wheel Saloon Third 37 (BRONZE) An…
Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) Painting of the lettering of this vehicle is progressing steadily, with completion of the vehicle and a return to traffic expected in June. Great Eastern Railway 1897 6 Wheel Saloon Third 37 (BRONZE) Our latest addition to the Vintage Set has now arrived, on a five year loan from Stately Trains (based at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey…
Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) Painting and lining continues when weather conditions allow. Great Eastern Railway 1907 Brake Third 295 (ASSESSMENT) Not a coach that appears in these (virtual) pages very often, if at all, is the hidden and secretive Great Eastern bogie brake number 295. This coach arrived in the railway's very first consignment of rolling stock back in…
Our winter output continues to be reduced by involvement in locomotives, but we are still doing our best to progress our current suite of projects. Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) Progress with the painting phase of the project has been very challenging since the beginning of year, primarily due to the cold and wet weather conditions. However just this last week, the…
We are now back and well into the swing of things following the Christmas and New Year break. Overall progress has slowed somewhat as we have been requested to help out the Locomotive Department with some of their winter maintenance tasks along with steam loco overhauls, both of which fall outside the scope of this blog. We even have part of our shed with a loco in (read on) so this winter will…
As is traditional, the final Blog post of the year looks back on the year behind us and all we have achieved, with a comparison with other recent years. This year, eight vehicles have been through the workshops with one of them being a mid-life varnish, five Bronze level overhauls and two Silvers. Five examples were coaches, with two railcars and a single wagon. This is around half what was…
Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) Some condensation free days has allowed some painting progress to continue. This has been helped by a new roof being fitted to the tent at Holt which again has reduced water ingress onto the coach! This has allowed the running boards to be (black) undercoated, the Holt end to be (red) undercoated and the landward side/Sheringham end to…
Apologies for the lack of updates, this has been because of an enforced period away from the railway owing to illness. Going forwards, it will probably be the case that we will aim for these updates to be monthly, a frequency that despite best efforts we had dropped to for most of this year in any case. There seems to be less and less time available for blogging so hopefully dropping to monthly…
Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) No progress to report. London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD) The two main areas of progress have been tables and door skins. The tables have now been prototyped and following some feedback and ergonomic testing with chairs inside the saloon, it has been decided that the former school tables can be used with…
Another long overdue update, however it is worth celebrating the (re)entry into service of another vehicle (back) into the fleet... Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE) As with all well thought out projects, a good assessment of the tasks ahead has been the first thing to do. The bad news is that despite 853 being the youngest of the vintage train in terms of preservation…
