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Sanding Down

With work cracking on in Loughborough on the C class, great effort continues at Kirkby Stephen East with rolling stock to give it appropriate rakes of 6-wheeled coaches and wagons to pull. As well as privately owned No.131, the LCLT’s own No.2051, a diagram 15 five compartment third, is always making speedy progress thanks to volunteers from our friends and hosts, the Stainmore Railway Company. 

These last few weeks have seen most of the thick bitumen coating removed from the body, and focus on renovating the knee irons reinforcing the frame. Indeed, after this week’s efforts by the team the bitumen is now completely removed from both ends and one side; hopefully next week will see it completely gone (although the doors will still need working on).



From the photos it probably doesn’t look any different from earlier updates; this week has been about the annoying bits of bitumen stuck around the beading which needed rubbing back ahead of priming. We hope to apply some primer soon to find out in good time that it has taken okay before we apply any further layers of paint.

It is expected that the required minor frame repairs will be undertaken in May (or soon thereafter) by a specialist joiner; thanks to a donation by one of our supporters. With the frame work sorted you will soon see panels fitted to the lower section giving us a complete looking coach again. The team really are cracking on with this!

While the focus of the Trust is very much on returning No.876 to steam, any donations towards this project are of course welcomed.


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Location: Stainmore Railway Company, South Rd, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4LA, UK

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