Converting 121's into a 117 would be like converting Swanage's M7 into a BR standard 4MT tank. There are a handful of 121's left and being single...
Any long term heritage "value" of the leek-stoke section could be regarded as debatable so a cross platform interchange at an attractive rebuilt...
With the workshops being officially closed this week, there has been no Carriage & Wagon progress to speak of, however a summary of 2015 has been...
Interesting stuff, not often you hear of hopper wagon restoration being done! Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Tapatalk
We couldn't get the pin out in situ, so we gassed off both "legs" of the supporting "v hangar" to push the pin out in a press. We will have to...
Carriage & Wagon Blog updates: C&W News - December Part 1 C&W News - December Part 2 C&W News - December Part 3
Carriage & Wagon Blog update: C&W News - November Part 4
I would like to add the best of luck with your endeavours. Many schemes are suggested each year and many fail to gain momentum, but I genuinely...
£30k for one of these rot boxes is ludicrous. Better to squirrel the money away and wait for the vehicle to either be evicted or for said stubborn...
Carriage & Wagon Blog update: C&W News - November Part 3
The heritage coaches are restored by a separate team to those who have dealt with the suburbans. The subs have been done partially to the...
There isn't a cast iron ban on considering more vintage coaches, however there is a VERY strict collection policy severely limiting what would be...
Carriage & Wagon Blog update: C&W News - November Part 2
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A nice item - it is a pet hate of mine to see a green liveried DMU with a home made or worse - 1990's sprinter DMU blind - stuffed into the front....
Yes, its a test rig (ex Crewe I think?) and has a driver's style brake valve connected to a 3 phase vacuum pump which creates 21" of vacuum in...
Carriage & Wagon update: C&W News - October Part 4
Many thanks for your kind words, I have had a lot of positive comments about the blog so will continue writing it!
Carriage & Wagon update: C&W News - October Part 3
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