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The moment of truth… the time had come to strip off the old roofing felt and see what state the timber boards were in underneath. From the underside of the roof we weren’t expecting any horror stories, but as with … Continue reading →

The CCT continues to make progress in the shed. With recent working sessions being concentrated on planking the body sides, the sheer bulk of this van is now beginning to re-emerge.   During the Diesel Gala in mid-October, we completed … Continue reading →

Further to our teaser photo last week, here is the finished replica BR wagon sheet in use at the Autumn Steam Gala on shock-absorbing open wagon B721890, which retains its original tarpaulin bar.   More side planking has been installed … Continue reading →

With CCT 37071 taking up all our time this year (it’s a BIG wagon!) progress has been a little disappointing on the running fleet front. However here is a teaser photo of a side project completed yesterday, that will accentuate … Continue reading →

Apologies for the lack of updates in recent weeks; I have not visited the railway for some time and a shoulder injury has prevented me making any working visits. However there should hopefully be some further progress to report very … Continue reading →

A bit of a tricky task this week; putting right damage on CCT 37071 that was received in a collision many years ago. In the photo it can be seen that the timber top rail is completely smashed. Less obvious … Continue reading →

Just a brief update today: Topcoating to the body steelwork is now completed, another job off the ‘To Do’ list. (Photo courtesy of Philip Halstead).

After all the hours of hard work with little visible improvement, CCT 37071 has finally turned a corner with red topcoat now being applied to much of the body framework. About a third of the north side has been done… … Continue reading →

Hot off the press are these photos from Philip, who has spent a day completing the ‘Metro Red’ undercoat to the remaining half of the steel body framework.   The undercoating is now complete, apart from the back of the … Continue reading →

Wagon Group volunteer Philip spent some time cleaning the rust out at the top of the side stanchions where the final boards had been removed a few weeks ago, and applied primer to these areas as well as the drop-down … Continue reading →

After completing the removal of the final bodyside planks during the last working session, work began on the floor. A number of floorboards had been partially burned away at some point while the vehicle was in open storage, the damaged … Continue reading →

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 →