LSWR 1520
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Paint Specification: PDF Document 942KB; Lettering PDF 23KB; Fittings photos PDF 405KB
Progress photos on 1520
20/11/09 – fully undercoated – photo A – photo B
27/11/09 – roof completed (photo); 1st coat salmon buff being applied (photo); 1st of 3 coats salmon complete (photo)
1/12/09 – 1st coat brown applied (photo)
15/12/09- 3 coats of brown and salmon now applied (photo); bolections painted “mahogany” (photo)
29/12/09 – Lining and lettering is in progress: lettering being transferred (photo) and in pencil (photo); size painted on (photo); gilded (photo A, photo B, photo C).
31/12/09 – Set number on sole bar (photo); lettering being shaded (photo); completed (photo A, photo B, photo C).
3/1/10 – Lining and lettering completed; external link to photo of east side on Dave Clarke’s web site.
12/1/10 – Set number at end (photo); west side (photo).
26/1/10 – Final fitting out and touching-up in the dock area (photo).
2/2/10 – The first compartment to have its luggage rack fitted (photo); reproductions of 1910 LSWR photos that were produced in colour using the Photochrom process (photo); the originals were produced by “The Photocrom Company of London and Detroit, U.S.A.” (company details).
9/3/10 – The carriage has had its own drop-lights fitted and is stood over the pit for brake adjustment and safety checks (photo A, photo B, photo C).
26/3/10 – Launch day: posed with LSWR 488, complete with dummy fire (photo, photo, photo); 100 years old this month (photo); the manager of SWT cut the ribbon (photo).
Photos taken of tri-composite brake 6474 by IMW at NRM, July 2008:
Links:
http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/bluebell/lswr_coach_project.html
Other surviving carriages:
Vintage Carriages Trust entry for 1520
Body of luggage van in LSWR livery
For full list of preserved (or rotting!) LSWR carriages use: http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/search.asp and select LSWR in “designed for” drop down box
Other restoration projects:
http://www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk/pages/lswr.html and http://www.lswr.co.uk/
http://www.martinimber.co.uk/srlswr.htm
Models etc.:
