A Classic 1930s Railway Coach
Acquired in October 2001, and moved to a farm in Yorkshire in April 2002. 3669BTK is a Corridor Brake Third. Built by The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and went to the Southern Scottish area of the LNER and being a main line carriage would have been used on the Edinburgh - Glasgow/Aberdeen routes. Transferred to England and went into departmental service in the mid sixties and became the 'mess and tool van' for the Healey Mills breakdown crane.
| Pre 2003 | Before the polytunnel | Aug 2006 (Pt 1) | Panelling, beading.... | |
| Mar 2003 Pt1 | Constructing the Polytunnel | Aug 2006 (Pt 2) | ........beading and glass | |
| Jun 2003 | The Finished Polytunnel | Sept 2006 | Complete Coach Corridor | |
| May 2004 | Frame cleaning and painting | Oct 2006 | Corridor side complete | |
| July 2004 | Polytunnel damaged | Dec 2006 | Van end complete, last teak panel. | |
| Nov 2004 | Frame finished! | Jan 2007 | Ongoing progress. | |
| Jan 2005 | That rotten floor | Feb 2007 (Pt 1) | Roof cornice goes on. | |
| Mar 2005 | ..no longer rotten | Feb 2007 (Pt 2) | End Cornice, doors and feet up | |
| Apr 2005 | Body's Reunited with Frame | Apr 2007 | Some doors go back | |
| May 2005 (Pt 1) | Progress on side A | May 2007 | More doors and lining | |
| May 2005 (Pt 2) | 'A' end panels go on | Aug 2007 | More lining and seats | |
| Nov 2005 (Pt 1) | Side 'A' almost complete! | Sept 2007 | 1st set of Luggage Doors | |
| Nov 2005 (Pt 2) | Bits you haven't seen | Nov 2007 | Redoing the lining | |
| Nov 2005 (Pt 3) | 'B' end panels go on | Jan 2008 | Van end stringers | |
| Jan 2006 | Filling in some gaps | Apr 2008 | Final goods doors reinstated | |
| Feb 2006 | Reinstating the partitions | May 2008 | 1st Guards door reinstated | |
| May 2006 | 'B' side frame repairs |
Material Copyright © 2007 Ross Stewart