May News Part 4

A slightly earlier Blog this week to take into account more unavailability at the weekend...

Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853

The only progress to note has been some more small adjustments to the draught excluders pictured last week to make them more suitable "paired up" aside each of the four doorways.

London North Eastern Railway 1924 Quad Articulated Set 74

This set continues to be the subject of our obsessions and has progressed well as a direct result. Here's another image of the progress board, which can be directly compared to last week's which obviously had fewer ticks on it!

The Sheringham end pair of coaches continue to have their compartment ceilings painted. The coach at the Sheringham end is now complete and the next one along 3/4 done. Part of the repainting task is removing the lighting bowls, cleaning the glass, repainting the ring that holds the bowl into position and refitting them.

Moving downwards, the bogies at this end have now had their repainting work completed, with the side frames resplendent in gloss. The wheels have also been repainted, complete with white tyres which sets them off nicely.

We have also taken the opportunity to give the footboards at this end a repaint as well.

Moving onto the Holt end pair of coaches. As predicted last week, the repainting of the roofs was completed early on, which finishes all the renewal work we need  to do on the roofs of the full four coach set. It's been quite a journey but the roofs really are now transformed in their brilliant white finish.

Roofs done, the scaffolding was able to be removed which in turn has allowed work on the bodies and interior to resume. One task completed was a repaint of the guards van floor.

Finally, the second coach in, which is the final of the four to have the exterior rubbed down ready for re-varnishing, has been started.

British Railways 1959 Tourist Second Open M4843

Repairs are moving around the corner into the ex toilet area. The window has had to be removed which has allowed the steel paneling to be stripped off to undertake the required repairs to the framework. This framework is now the current focus of Team Welder's attention...

British Railways 1958 Class 101 Railcar Driving Motor Brake Second M51192

No more seat refitting this week, however many of the areas which are very hard to access when the seats are in place have been deep cleaned while the opportunity was available.