Major carriage restoration/overhaul projects
- LBSCR Stroudley Brake 3rd No. 949 of 1881 – see also Dave Clarke’s photos
LBSCR Stroudley 5-compartment 3rd No. 328 of 1890 – work started in 2010 – see also Dave Clarke’s photos
SR Coach Group – latest news in Newsletter No. 3 – March 2025 – These are made available here a couple of months after being sent directly to group supporters – Join the SRCG
SR Maunsell Restaurant Car 7864 – News in SRCG Newsletters (see above) – and on Facebook
- LBSCR Fruit/Milk Van No. 270 of 1908 – see also Dave Clarke’s photos
Completed projects:
SR Maunsell Hastings-line Brake No. 3687 of 1931 – Completed May 2025 – see also Dave Clarke’s photos and Alex Morley’s photos
- BR TSO No. 4754 of 1957 – completed September 2024 – see Dave Clarke’s photos
Pullman Car No. 54 – completed March 2024
Wagon restoration/overhaul projects
Report on the first five years of the Bluebell Goods Division (pdf download) – January 2024
SR (Bulleid) 5-plank Open wagon No. 12058: major restoration – also see Facebook (and Dave Clarke’s earlier photos) – completed February 2023
SR 8-plank open wagon No. 37786 (pdf download) – planking repairs and repaint – February 2023
SR 20-Ton Engineers’ wagon No. 62002 – Intermediate overhaul and re-plank – also see Facebook – completed January 2023
- SR ‘Queen Mary’ Bogie Brake Van No. 56290 – rapid repair – July 2021
- GWR 5-plank open wagon No. 87782 – project on hold
Maintenance features
- Carriage electrical systems: Dave Clarke’s photos