November 2003 the reconstruction of the compartments began.
Completion of end bulkhead (Bulkhead No. 1) at the 1st class end of the carriage with the start of bulkhead No. 2 in the foreground.
Ceiling fitted in the 1st compartment.
View of corridor and the bulkhead of the 1st compartment.
Construction of bulkhead No. 2 well under way.
Completed bulkhead No. 2.
Inside 1st compartment bulkhead No. 2 taken from corridor side.
OCTOBER 2003
October 2003 with a very basic digital camera the LNER (SVR) Coach Fund News page was born.
2701 is again a corridor composite carriage with the third section of the corridor screen assembled. Work is in hand with fitting these out with windows, panels and matchboard.
Work continues on door drop lights and garnish rails.
Work is in hand to tidy up internal framework of corridor side prior to varnishing and fitting of panels.