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M&GN - 3
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01/03/09 Start of restoration, the
underlying frame is in good condition.
(photo Chris Green)
07/06/09 Above- New soleplate being
morticed. Below new timber packing pieces between solebar and
hornguides.
(photo Chris Green)
06/12/09 The frame is complete and
dropped into the mortices in the floor edge member, ready for the
underframe and body to be reunited, (the underframe currently under
the body is off a pmv and is being used while the six wheel
underframe proper is restored) the replacement wood is evident.
(photo Chris Green)
12/3/11: The frames are fully repaired,
fixed down to the solebars and have most of the internal timber
lining back in place. The internal doors have been
repaired and reinstalled. It is intended that four new
longitudinal seats shall soon be manufactured to complete the
interiors. Seats and walls were trimmed in Rexine by the M&GN
when the coach arrived at Melton Constable, replacing the "Lincrusta"
wall paper used by the Midland Railway.
(Photos: Chris Green)
| Number |
M&GN 3 |
| Type |
FZ (First Class Saloon) |
| Year of Manufacture |
1886 |
| Builder |
MR Derby |
| Owner |
M&GNJRS |
| Status |
Out of Service in Weybourne Carriage shed being
stripped for restoration |
| Comments |
Built in 1886 by Midland Railway, Derby as Lot
102, Diagram 465, Running No 1616. Saloons could be hired by
families, usually with servants facilities at one end, similar
vehicles "invalid saloons" could be hired for bed bound
travellers and their helpers.
Transferred to the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway in
1903, becoming running No 3, used as a general passenger
vehicle.
Withdrawn from passenger duties in 1932, then used as
departmental vehicle in the Signal & Telegraph Department as a
mobile workshop / mess room.
Withdrawn in 1935. Body removed from underframe and used as a
club house at Briston Recreation ground (next village to Melton
Constable).
Moved to 9 Edgefield Road in 1937/8, transported by horse and
cart. Manhandled over the garden wall by a group of men from the
nearby Melton Constable railway works .
Returned at the end of 2002. Now (2009) in Weybourne carriage
shed in the care of the M&GN Joint Railway Society.
Click here for
a drawing of the
Saloon Click here for
a drawing of the
Saloon Seats |
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