The central partition of Barnum no.228 features a classic sliding door – again. This is the result of the re-insertion of the partition between the two halves of the passenger accommodation of this 64-seat carriage. Clues on the recovered door show that a brass band provided mid height guidance while the base is controlled by…
We are looking for help in begging, borrowing, stealing from anywhere and anyone who has – any and every movie clip of the stately Barnums at work during their short lives with GCR, LNER or British Rail – that is from 1910 to the 1950s. And permission to publish, of course. We are making a…
Part of the preparation to move the Barnum carriage at Ruddington is to top up the oil in the axle boxes to ensure that each wheel set turns easily when the time comes for its first vital shunt since arrival 20 years ago, across to the other side of the Engineering shed. There it will…
First work on erecting the central partition which features a sliding door of the saloon of Barnum no.228 is helping to solve quite a number of detail issues which have been complicated by the lack of the original drawings. While the doors themselves are relatively straight forward in their build, the challenge comes with the…
It’s an offer that we just cannot refuse – revealed at the Trust’s AGM a few weeks ago. We have a most welcome offer of sponsorship to refurbish four of the Barnum bogies by a well-known specialist rail engineering firm – to take them away and overhaul them to recognised rail industry standards for passenger…
Welcome no our new brochure detailing a history of our Victorian gem no.946 and its meticulous 15 year restoration.
We have the end plates, painted up with anti-corrosion protective, we have the measurements sorted ready for pre-drilling. The next step is to fill holes gouged out of the main steel frames before the first stage body lift is extended to ease the insertion of the new plates which will then be bolted onto the…
Taken from high above in the Malmaison Hotel on the Water Front at Leith, is our stunning “photograph of the year – 2018”, at that very moment when the assembled company, led by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, at the Eve of Armistice Service, saluted the fallen of the Great War. The 6-wheel Memorial Carriage…
