04/05/2026
We've been a little quiet over the past week, but were back with an update for you all.
To start things off, we'd like to thank you all for getting us to the 400 follower mark. All the volunteers who work tirelessly cannot thank you all enough for your support of their amazing work keeping these heritage machines working.
And on that note, back to our usual update proceedings...
It has been a big week within the Carriage and Wagon Department.
For start of strong, one of the long term private restoration projects, GWR Toad 68494, has ventured out of the shed for the first time this year. While there's still some work to be completed by the owner, chris and his team, it's great to see all the hard work and dedication that's gone into this restoration project. Well done team!!
But, the work never stops. Out with one job and in with the next. As some of you will remember, just over a month ago we received a new arrival to the railway, CAO B952012 BR Standard Brake Van. B952012 has now been shunted into the shed and Investigation work is well on the way. The team has started removing the side paneling down B-side of the vehicle, exposing all the internal framework ready for inspection by our resident joiner and newly joined carpenter.
In slightly less exciting news, during a recent scheduled inspection, a suspension fault was found on B955160. After some investigation work, and a partial strip down of the offending corner suspension was completed, the team found the fault and rectified it safely and in a timely manor ready for the next Railtour. Thank you team for the speedy repair, allowing it to return back into traffic within the same week.
It's not just been achievements within the C&W team. As some of you may have seen on our main page ( Appleby Frodingham Railway ), we have recently purchased some much needed seat replacements for our outdoor seating area. As you can see, the new seats are much nicer than the previous benches.
We also have updates from both the Steam and Diesel Departments, but in the essence of keeping an already long post short, we will update on these departments later in the week.
We hope you enjoyed reading this update. If you would like to volunteer down at the shed, please send us an email to find out more at: [email protected]
