Sam Moss Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Ashover Light Railway Coach No.4 is starting to look more complete. All window frames (fully glazed with toughened safety glass to modern standards) are ready for fitting, airbrake pipe work has been fitted and connected up. Both bogies have now been completed and are being stripped and painted. Inside, the flooring nears completion with just varnishing left to do. The doors will be fitted once the we're sure the partitions don't need adjusting again. On the exterior, all wood work is complete and in undercoat/primer. We're lucky in that we have a volunteer who is also a coach painter at Crich Tramway Museum who is doing the honours of painting No.4. Several coats of paint, each containing more gloss will be brushed onto the coach before it is ready for signwriting and varnishing. The coached will be launched into traffic on the 16th and 17th August 2014 which coincides with the Midland Railex event. Hired in especially and sponsored by Bachmann will be Leighton Buzzards Baldwin and a class D wagon to recreate the Ashover Light Railway for the first time in over 60 years. www.gvlr.org.uk/ashover/ashover_timeline.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE 8SVT Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 For the latest details on Midland Railex please visit: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/85750-midland-railex-2014/ Steve Midland Railex Team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 News Update - No.4 has had one of its new bogies trial fitted. The first time its sat on bogies properly for over 70 years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Ashover Light Railway Coach No.4 took another step closer yesterday. Most of the seats have now been refitted. Both of its bogies are now underneath the coach with the fixing pins in place. This has enabled the floors to be finished in each end. Air brake pipework continues to be fettled and was pressurized yesterday to 50psi to cure a few leaks. A few more days work may see a shunt taking place to shift the large Polish bogie coach to enable it to have a trundle outside which may turn into a run over the full line to check clearances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 It looks beautiful. I'm certainly coming to have a look/ride when it is done. I consider the GVR among the best bits of Butterley, and certainly the best value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 **Special News** Train fare prices for Ashover Coach No.4s launch back into passenger traffic for the first time since the late 1930's on the 16th & 17th August will be £5 per person. Each passenger will receive an individually numbered commemorative ticket featuring an ALR scene. We regret that sadly due to its design featuring narrow doors, ALR No.4 is not disabled friendly, however we will endeavour to accommodate our disabled visitors as much as possible. Trains will be hauled by Baldwin 4-6-0T No.778 visiting from the Leighton Buzzard Railway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 The coach went out on another test run this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Is the light panel around the windows because the painting isn't complete or were they like that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted July 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2014 Looks like masking tape on the glazing. $5 will be well worth while to ride in this vehicle, a unique opportunity for me on a trip back to UK! Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE 8SVT Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Baldwin and D Class wagon have arrived for Midland Railex in August, posed briefly with the Ashover coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted August 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm donating a collection of NG books, pamphlets & arcania to the GVLR for sale at this event, inc. some Ashover items. This group have done so much with their line & excellent depot, deserving support. Railex will be my last rail event before heading back west to Canada, look forward to riding that train, though I do recall a journey on the Lincolnshire Coast, in an Ashover coach, before it closed in 198?. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldopeter Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 You can ride again on the other Ashover Coach on the LCLR this Saturday and next, see http://www.lincolnshire-coast-light-railway.co.uk/ the line in Humberston closed in 1985, now re-opened in Skegness. Regards Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hi Had a run in the carraige today at Railex. Was somewhat busy. Nicely restored. All the best Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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