roythebus Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Work is progressing well at the K&ESR on the 1940's AEC GWR Railcar. Since its move to the carriage workshops in mid 2009, work has proceeded at a rapid pace on needle gunning and steam cleaning the chassis; both bogies have been removed, stripped and rebuilt, and work progresses on the main bodywork. Rewiring is afoot, and new fans have been made for the engine. Both engines have been started and need minor attention. Look at the K&ESR website for more details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Dodger Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Fantastic! What's K&ES stand for? And Do you know what number? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Kent and East Sussex Railway GWR No 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted January 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2010 Work is progressing well at the K&ESR on the 1940's AEC GWR Railcar. Since its move to the carriage workshops in mid 2009, work has proceeded at a rapid pace on needle gunning and steam cleaning the chassis; both bogies have been removed, stripped and rebuilt, and work progresses on the main bodywork. Rewiring is afoot, and new fans have been made for the engine. Both engines have been started and need minor attention. Look at the K&ESR website for more details. Look forward to seeing No. 20 on it's return to service; KESR certainly doing a grand job rebuilding it . What livery will it be repainted? Talking KESR, I would love to see 1638 back in BR Black livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Look forward to seeing No. 20 on it's return to service; KESR certainly doing a grand job rebuilding it . What livery will it be repainted? Talking KESR, I would love to see 1638 back in BR Black livery. I entirely agree on both points. As to No 20, I'd be happy with one of the BR liveries as that's how I remember them and we already have a chocolate and cream example at Didcot. I've never been happy with the romanticisation (sp?) implicit in painting 1600s in GWR colours. Even though they are wholly a GWR design, they are post-nationalisation builds. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted January 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2010 I entirely agree on both points. As to No 20, I'd be happy with one of the BR liveries as that's how I remember them and we already have a chocolate and cream example at Didcot. I've never been happy with the romanticisation (sp?) implicit in painting 1600s in GWR colours. Even though they are wholly a GWR design, they are post-nationalisation builds. Nick I'd like to see No. 20 in Crimson & Cream (1st choice) and BR Green (2nd choice); can always dream? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmustu Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Crimson and Cream has my vote! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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