Welcome to SRPS C&W Department

This site is run by Don Clarke, a volunteer at the SRPS. On this site there is a lot of information about the electrical aspects of coaching stock, the Carriage and Wagon Department restoration and renovation activities, a picture gallery including ALL the LNER pacifics and a section on BVE, the Japanese authored train simulator for the PC for which Don has written some routes - Edinburgh to Aberdeen and the Bo'ness and Kinneil branch.

Ancient Graffiti

When John Forrest was de-scaling this wagon prior to repainting, lettering and numbering, he came upon this rather amusing picture which must have been painted around the time the wagon was constructed - late 1940s.

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openBVE

Updated openBVE routes to Aberdeen are available for download

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Restoration

• Restoration of Gresley TK 1002 Chapter 16
• Restoration of NBR Invalid saloon no. 461 Chapter 17
• LMS TOs 27407 and 27389 Rebuilding Chapter 4
• LNER Sleeper E1211E has now been externally completed on the north side and is awaiting shunting so that work on the south side can start. This will involve stripping off the old boarding, repairing the framing where necessary, then re-cladding the vehicle with plywood. It will then be painted in its 1970s colour scheme of blue and grey. There is a photographic "history" of work on the north side on Flikr.

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Electrical

• LED lighting in Railtour and Branchline carriages

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If you have any comments on the site or an interest in any of the subjects covered, please contact Don via email on [anti-spam - remove the X's, translate the "dot" and the "(at)"] don(at)XgotopcsXdotXnet - he'd be delighted to hear from you. Click here to view the SRPS Privacy Policy.

This site is updated whenever a relevant amount of new or changed information is available. There may be gaps of several months - the restoration business is not fast moving - it would go faster if there were more hands to help - please click on the "Help wanted" link above to see how could help this very worthy cause.