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Rod Murgatroyd
27 Oct 2018, 20:44 (23 hours ago)
Hi Rob…well that was an effort, We have 330 pictures in our media library now and the ones I wanted were in 4 different places which meant a lot of scrolling

Rob
27 Oct 2018, 22:04 (22 hours ago)
to me

Hi Rod,
You have done a massive job! I’m afraid some corrections are needed as shown below.
I have struck through words that I think should come out, and indicated my preferred new ones in red.
Gallery page first.

Have you no dates for these photos?

Rob.

Restoration Gallery
Some pictures of the restoration work being done at our Silverstream site.
We have WMR Carriages 42, 48 and 52 which were made in the Thorndon Workshops of Jackson & Sharp (USA) in 1902. Number 42 is under a canopy waiting it’s turn.

All photographs by Rod Merrifield and Glen Fitzgerald Bill Prebble_(?. Please check.).

WMR
42 as donated, in need of much work.
WMR 42 arrives at Silverstream, after having been saved and stored by the late Bob Mann.
2
sets of bogies traveled separately
2 sets of bogies ready for the body of 42 to be craned on to them after arrival.
Positioning over the bogies
Positioning over the bogies
The
final check
The final check
WMR
42 is pulled into the shed
WMR 42 is pulled into the shed
WMR
48 and 52
WMR 48 and 52 (red, left) and 48 early in restoration of 48.
View
in the shed
Viewing in the shed restoration workshop.
WMR
48 being worked on and WMR 52 beside it
WMR 48 being worked on (left) and WMR 52 beside it, awaiting attention.

New clerestory sashes ready for glazing
Part
of new Headstocks
For the new Replacement headstocks for 48 and 52.
New
headstock ready for placement on tenoned joints
New headstock ready for placement on tenoned joints

Inside view WMR 48
Clive
Davis fixing window headers on WMR 48
Clive Davis fixing window headers on WMR 48

Making progress with the external sheeting clading for 48 mostly in place.

Our KP class store wagon tool shed
Overhauled bogies stored ready for wheels and
replacement under the body.
Overhauled bogies stored ready for wheels and replacement under the body of 52.

Bill Prebble checking everything before the connection to the duty loco for the pull out a test run of 48 on the Silver Stream Railway.
Clive
supervises roll out
Clive Davis supervises roll out
Ready
to exit
Ready to exit, will it fit ? The duty Loco takes over.
General views
Out in the open for the first time.
The
carriage outside and on the rails.
The carriage outside and on the rails WMR 48 ready for its test run.
An
empty shed now.
An empty shed now Early days of the project with the workshop still being set up.
Signals on the way
Passing the Silver Stream Railway’s signal gantry on the way to the McKirdy station.
The
run out to the McKirdy Station
The end of the run out to the McKirdy station.
Graeme Bennett bolting up sparkguard
Graeme Bennett bolting up a sparkguard on the clerestory windows of WMR 48.

Mike Dutton filling over nails
Inside showing the seat supports
Inside WMR 48 showing the seat supports in place
General view of the work area
General view of the work area with the extension being organised.
Overall view with final coat of paint put on
Overall view of WMR 48 showing its with final coat of paint put on colour

The rear platform.
An
empty shed now.
An empty shed now. Duplicated photo: delete or replace, please.

Checking the plans for the details of the seats
End

Rob
27 Oct 2018, 22:07 (21 hours ago)
to me

Thanks, Rod, I much prefer the captions shown below.

Rob.

Progress on our WMR Carriages
Posted November 25, 2013 by nzrailadmin & filed under Restoration.

Restoration of the Society’s three carriages built by the Wellington & Manawatu Railway at Thorndon, Wellington 1905-07 is proceeding steadily. Photograph 48 shows the visually complete body of carriage 48, the one that has been worked on longest and is most advanced.

photo 48, Rob Merrifield
Since that photograph was taken the sparkguards over the clerestory windows have been fitted and painted. As these windows all open, it was necessary to fit mesh sparkguards to keep engine sparks out of the carriage while the train was in motion. The next photo 27 shows Graeme Bennett helping fit the sparkguard on one side of the carriage.