October News Part 2

London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)

Nowhere near as dramatic as last week's transformation, but ceiling work has continued beyond the main fitting of the panels, with untidy areas improved and trim finished etc. 

London North Eastern Railway 1938 Brake Third Open E16631E (GOLD)

The second quarter of the seat re-upholstery has now commenced with stripping of the old covers being the first act.

London North Eastern Railway 1931 Corridor Third E12493E (REPAIR)

No progress to report.

British Railways 1961 Brake First Open (Kitchen) M14021 (GOLD)

Bodywork on the landward side close to the guards compartment has extended as far as the double set of doors in the kitchen (former luggage) area. Old skin has been chopped out and replaced with new along with a further section of repair skirting. The whole areas from doorway-to-doorway is being prepped also ready for some primer.

British Railways 1957 Metro Cammell Railcar Driving Trailer Second Lavatory E79263 (SILVER)

This week further finishing touches to the exterior have included the refitting of all of the grab handles and cab handrails.

The corridor connection outer "scissors" mechanism has received a cosmetic only coat of black gloss to smarten them up as the corridor has been shown up by the surrounding shiny paintwork!

Interior wise, the cab refresh continues and we have started on freshening up the passenger vestibules, which are noticeably poorer than the saloons in condition, so will receive a repaint to the walls. Before the vehicle leaves the staging area, the inside faces of all four passenger doors have been painted, as it is much easier to do this with the doors open, due to the arrangement of the draught excluders when the doors are shut.

British Railways 1954 13 Ton Pipe Open B740918 (BRONZE)

Paint has been ordered for the top coats for this wagon.

British Railways 1959 21 Ton Lowmac B904149 (BRONZE)

This vehicle is progressing nicely with all of the replacement planking now bolted down into position on the wagon.

Painting has continued with the signwriting now complete down one side and the axlebox ends undercoated in yellow.

A bent coupling at the Holt end has been extracted, straightened out and refitted, all in one day as it proved more straightforward than expected.

Maintenance

The second coat of varnish has now been applied to the replacement tables for BSK(D) M35148.