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| This was the state of the British coaches
in the shed when we first gained access. They look a bit better here than they
were as we had cleared some of the rubbish out of them. |
Having managed to rerail the coaches we
pushed them outside for a better look. The original blue and white paintwork
had been roughly painted over in crimson and white. |
The interior of the coaches had also been
painted crimson, but as with the outside no rubbing down had been done so the
paint was very flaky. |
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| The coaches were almost
completely devoid of seats and the bogies were seized on one of
them. |
The coaches were taken to
Bredgar as a return load following the return of the locomotives. |
Because of the poor paintwork
we decided to go for the full shot blasting. The shot blaster also spray
painted the coaches with anti-rust undercoat. |
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| The two coach bodies are
dwarfed by the frame of the new bogie coach being built for the 2ft gauge
Bredgar & Wormshill Railway. |
The floor pans having been
painted black. |
The grey undercoat was rubbed
down to give a smooth surface for the undercoat. The interior was painted a mid
gloss grey. |
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| One of the coaches masked up
ready for undercoat. |
Having been undercoated the
crimson top coat was and the masking tape removed. |
A rare shot of me actually
working - well someone has to take the pictures. |
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| The finished paint
job |
Work underway on the second
coach. |
The two completed coaches
stored with the HST awaiting the time when there is safe storage at the
Strand. |
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| There is also one extra
American style coach which has lain derelict in the shed for a number of
years. |
The coach is a tail car but
has some body damage to the body and needs an overhaul before it could enter
service as a passenger vehicle. |
For the time being the tail
car has been fitted out as a tool truck with a substantial lockable tool box,
oil storage etc. It is also useful to be able to lay sections of track on top
for transporting. |
