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This page lists some examples of the more extensive projects we have carried out, please scroll down to examine the information and pictures. At present, the listing is in a random order, with the majority of the smaller projects in the lower half of the page. | |
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Bowes Railway |
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This project was to rebuild several waggons, including the Kibblesworth Drift Bogie, that were damaged by vandalism, including an arson attack. The Drift Bogie has now been completed, and returned to Springwell. Work has now started on the Grey Waggon, B-49. |
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Locomotion, the National Railway Museum, at Shildon |
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| Replacement Buffer Beams (head stocks) for Locomotion at Shildon (part of the National Railway Museum), the first set for fitting to a vehicle under restoration for passenger carrying duties, and the second set for the NER BoBo No.1. The most recent task has been the production of a replacement footplate for the "Sans Pareil" Replica. |  |
| WHHR Number 25 | Image Gallery - Number 25 |
| This vehicle was one of a pair (Nos. 9 & 10) built in 1893 by The Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (and later transfered to the Welsh Highland Railway). WHHR Number 25 has been built to replicate the original all third class version, and will have a nominal 36 or 38 seats, depending on how you count the full width benches at either end. At our open day, we were told, firmly, by a four year old girl, that the carriage's name is "Chloe", as "Annie and Clarabelle are brown", (with apologies to Rev Awdrey!) The carriage was delivered to Wales on 15 April 2009, and was scheduled to appear at their gala at the start of May. However, it still requires some mechanical work to the bogies and brakes and is due to enter service after these, and other minor details have been finished. | |
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| Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | Image Gallery - Ravenglass |
| The task given was to build, and install, a replica three seater Pullman settee, for one of the Pullman Holiday Coaches at Ravenglass. The challenge had been too great for others, but not for us. Reports are that the result is "brilliant !!" and "well worth waiting for" and hopefully another project may well follow on later. | |
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| Ffestiniog Railway | |
| As part of an extensive project to upgrade and refurbish the first class passenger accommodation on their trains, the Ffestiniog Railway commissioned the construction of low back seat frames for the observation sections, and then a set of Pullman armchair replicas were ordered, for the saloon sections. | |
| Image Gallery - Pullman Armchairs | Image Gallery - Observation Carr Chairs |
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| Replica Pullman armchairs, as installed. | Low back chairs in the refurbished first class Observation carriage |
| William Riley Lifeboat | Image Gallery - William Riley |
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William Riley is a historic rowing lifeboat built in 1909, and based in and around Whitby. Her greatest claim to fame is that she was lowered down the cliff near Whitby Abbey in an attempt to reach the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla in 1914. We had already done some restoration work on the boat including floor joists, scupper box and machining of timber for the restoration team, and she came to Haltwhistle to have a new deck, bulkheads and thwarts (seats) fitted. After this work was completed, additional items, such as the coxswain's platform and the rudder, were built in Haltwhistle and installed in Whitby. Further work to the hull paint and finish, and varnish refreshment have either taken place or are planned for the near future. | |
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| WHR Buffet Car | Image Gallery - Buffet Car |
| This vehicle was one of a pair (Nos. 9 & 10) built in 1893 by The Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (later the Welsh Highland Railway). The carriage had seen hard times, being converted by the Welsh Highland Railway into a third and first class buffet car, and being cut down rather harshly to meet the restricted Ffestiniog Railway loading gauge, then after being sold out of service it was cut in two to be used as a summer house. The original timbers have been restored and reused wherever their condition was good enough. The project also included supplying a large number of components in kit form for assembly at Gelerts Farm. | |
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| Further examples of past projects, restorations and bespoke commissions. Some small, others not! | |
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| Design, construction and installation of large honours boards for a 300+ year old Tyne Valley School. | Image Gallery - Misc Projects |
| 3-way table commissioned by a director of an interior design company. | Image Gallery - Designer Table |
| Replica finials for Alston Signal Box on the South Tyndale Railway. | Image Gallery - South Tynedale Railway |
| We also produced a number of items for a buildings restoration project - including a bastle - in the North Pennines ANOB, which was filmed as a TV documentary. | Image Gallery - Hope Head |