Various Projects – July 2022
Our engineers have had a wheely good time lately, working on wheel sets for us and others. For ourselves, there was the culmination of a 10 year project to overhaul and modify the bogies from our carriages to improve the ride for our visitors. All 32 carriage bogies are now rebuilt and 30 are in…
Carriage No.12 – July 2022
With the completion of Carriage 11 work has begun in earnest on Carriage 12. So far the carriage has been stripped, the framework modifications are complete, the roof has been completed, the ceiling has been formed and the centre panels have been sent away to artist Terence Lambert for painting in the theme of flight,…
Baldwin No.44699 – July 2022
Work on the Baldwin has been continuing steadily. The tanks were temporarily refitted to the frames prior to removal for painting to begin, and vacuum brake pipes have been made and fitted. The iconic ‘water lifter’ pipe work has been manufactured and fitted. A lot of work has taken place on the motion and valve…