May 2025 Carriage Report

The East Group workshop is ready to receive Carriage No. 7 for repairs to the solebars and upgrade of the internal compartments. The carriage should arrive from Woody Bay very soon.
It has been discovered that the seat supports under the single and double 3rd class in the centre open carriages should have an angled bracket supporting the angled wooden leg. The one remaining original is seen in the photo together with the new angle brackets that have been made.
Mike Bishop has generously arranged for new lamp tops for carriage No.9 to be made. These will match the original style better than the ones we have use up to now. The prototype is shown in the header photo for this report