Steady progress continues to be made on Thompson TK1623. Work has recently included the derusting and and painting as much of the underframe as possible, leaving only the inaccessible areas, which will be painted when the coach is lifted off of its bogies. Another recent task has been the replacement of the body mounting bolts, which join the body to the main frame. These have a metal plate which sits under each bolt, and these plates have had to be specially made.
John Boddy derusting and painting the main frames
A working party weekend was organised over the weekend of the 15th and 16th November, with a good turnout of volunteers over the whole weekend. The main work carried out, involved the removal of rotten or damaged floorboards from the compartments and the laying of new boards in the corridor. By the end of the weekend, boards had been laid about 2/3 of the way along the corridor from the South end, and it is hoped that the remainder of the corridor boards can be laid before Christmas.
Murray Brown trial fits the next floorboard in place in the corridor
Other work carried out over the weekend, included removing the securing screws from the one steel panel which wasn't removed for the recent frame repairs, and replacing them with stainless steel screws. This sounds simple, but first the old screws had to be located under the paint, then removed and the dimples cleaned and prepared before each new stainless steel screw can be screwed into place. The two steel side panels which were scumbled in a teak finish a few years ago, were both sanded down, and the lower door panels for all four of the doors were removed from storage, cleaned up and painted in preparation of refitting to the doors.
Roger Melton painting one of the door panels
John Boddy sanding one of the side panels
The one other task completed over the weekend, was the moving inside the new shed of the 6 new steel side panels for Thompson CK18477, which is currently stored at Grosmont awaiting restoration. Despite the panels having been outside for the best part of twenty years, they are still in good condition, and in the main are only suffering from surface rust.
One of the new steel side panels for CK18477 is moved from its outside storage location to one inside the new shed
It is hoped that these working weekends can be carried out on a regular once a month basis - watch this website for future dates.
We have just launched several new schemes to help raise restoration funds online for the LNER Carriage Association online, with just few extra clicks. The new online fund raising schemes consist of two web shopping portals and two search engine schemes, and by using these schemes you can help raise money for us, without it costing you a penny!
Shopping Portals
The two shopping portals are buy.at and easyfundraising.co.uk. If you shop online, using eithe rof these portals, then for every purchase you make, we receive commission on that purchase, whilst you pay the same amount as you would have, if you had made the purchase direct!
Online shops avaliable through the Buy At scheme include Amazon, Asda, CD Wow, E.on, Hertz, Ikea, More Than, National Lottery, Premier Inn, and many more. The complete list of participating stores, and what commission they offer, can be viewed on the site. This scheme doesn't even require you to register, all you have to do is go to http://buy.at/lnerca , and start shopping!!
Online shops avaliable through the Easyfundraising scheme include AA Travel Insurance, Argos, Blockbuster, iTunes, More Than, The Trainline, Thomas Cook, WH Smiths and Wickes. The complete list of participating stores can be viewed here . To use this scheme, you do need to register first, a process that only takes a few mintes and can be done here .
Search Engine Schemes
The two search engine schemes are www.everyclick.com and www.easysearch.org.uk . These scemes work by the web company donationg some of the money they receive from advertising fees, for each search that is completed using the search portal.
Site last updated 19th November.
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