Author Archives: NVR Wagon Group

A new ‘Image Gallery’ section has now been added to this website to showcase images of the wagons and goods trains at the preserved NVR, past and present. Please follow the link below to view: https://nvrwagons.wordpress.com/image-gallery/

Van B759852 has finally received its ‘white square’ status, which means it is now passed to run on the railway proper. This is in no small part thanks to Dale from the Carriage and Wagon staff, who massively helped us … Continue reading →

Bank Holiday Monday turned out to be a busy day with three wagons again being worked on simultaneously. 1941-built “Esso” tank No.1914 received a quick coat of black topcoat to the top half of the tank end, which had previously … Continue reading →

In the last week or so, the metalwork on the ‘bad side’ has been cleaned back and primed, before we remove the existing side timbers and replace with new. (All photographs courtesy of Philip Halstead)   The previously prepared ‘good side’, as … Continue reading →

Van B759852 now sports rainstrips on the roof above the doors (originally fitted to prevent rainwater cascading in front of the doors when opened for loading and unloading), and has also now received its penultimate coat of paint to the roof. … Continue reading →

The new roof canvas of ‘Vanfit’ B759852 has received another coat of undercoat, but as one coat of grey paint looks much like another, no photo! A little more work has also been undertaken on ex-LMS ‘Medfit’ M470944. The photographs … Continue reading →

The new roof canvas on ‘Vanfit’ B759852 has now received its first coats of primer and undercoat, after having the long sides of the canvas fixed down with metal strip.   The restored end roof hoops have also now been … Continue reading →

The new roof canvas. Any colour you like, as long as it’s green!   We specified pockets to be sewn into the long edges of the canvas, so a scaffolding pole could be inserted to give the canvas an evenly … Continue reading →

As the new roof canvas for B759852 did not arrive in time for our planned working session, we had to re-jig our plans for the day and so began work on ex-LMS ‘Medfit’ M470944, which only needs a small number of … Continue reading →

The roof has now been entirely stripped of old felt and canvas, with particular care taken to remove all old nails. A little rot was discovered in two places, this was cut out and replaced using boards recovered from the … Continue reading →

BR ‘Vanfit’ B759852 has now received the final ‘BR Freight Brown’ topcoat to the north side, after the last few repairs to the bodywork. The underframe and headstocks have also been scrubbed in preparation for some underframe gloss black. (Photo … Continue reading →

All the door furniture has now been installed on under-overhaul ‘Vanfit’ B759852. BR freight brown topcoat will soon follow, as will photographs and a proper update on here. Arrangements are now in hand for the recanvassing of the roof, which … Continue reading →