LNER (SVR) Coach Fund
In the Beginning
Below are a Selection of Pictures Taken Between 2000 to 2003
of
Composite Coach GNR 2701
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2000/2001
In 2000 GNR2701 was moved down from were it had been in storage at Eardington to Bewdley yard and the task surveying the carriage for the application for a Heritage Lottery Grant started. No restoration could be done at this stage
As can be seen a great many things to be done before restoration paint striping and removal of rotten timber and superfluous bits of plywood are but a few.
On the outside it is not much better the panelling in lower right picture is only plywood and will not last long.
2002 and early 2003
Early 2002 the Heritage Lottery Grant was awarded things started the move all panelling was removed in side and out
Any rotten bits of frames were removed back to sound material
New Teak was used to repair the frames
New Teak panels replace the plywood
The first coat of varnish applied
The doors had been repaired by a professional joiner
The interior area was used as a workshop
With body re-panelled it was time to start on the roof first task was to remove the roofing felt and replace the roof boards at both ends
The fitting of the new canvas required as many of the gang to be site
Canvas on and 3 coats of paint later the roof vents and emergency break gear are fitted
Also the coupling are fitted