Monthly Archives: April 2013

Recently our efforts have been concentrated on removing the final planks to the bodysides of LMS CCT 37071. We had been toying with keeping the four top timber planks in situ and making them as good as we could with … Continue reading →

A working volunteer and keen supporter of the Wagon Group has privately purchased two (Nos. 4726 and 4730) of the ex-Ministry of Defence 5-plank opens, that were offered in an auction of surplus MOD equipment. They touched down at NVR … Continue reading →

The end doors have now been removed from both ends of the CCT, meaning the end of the stripping phase is in sight.   A few days later, the ironwork for the end doors was de-rusted and primed.