If you are interested in helping to make pipe-dreams a reality through being a volunteer in the Wagon and Carriage department, contact the railway on 087 060 060 74.
Photographs taken by John Rose
Carriage & Wagon Department
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 April 2008 UpdateClick on the photo to see all the photos in this collection The winter months see the downgrading of long-term projects to second place whilst the servicing of the operating fleet takes priority. Contact the Shed Supervisor, Alan Brice on 01580 765511 if you would like to help. |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection Ever wondered what happened behind the C&W door? Here is the latest update for the period November '07 - January '08. I hope it whets your appetite for coming along to help the C&W staff. Contact the Shed Supervisor, Alan Brice on 01580 765511 if you would like to help. |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection The pace of life in the Carriage & Wagon shed is more fitted to the marathon than the sprint. Would you like to come & help pass the baton on to future generations of priceless examples of Britain’s great engineering heritage? In the past quarter the team of volunteers and staff have been involved in the following. Contact the Shed Supervisor, Alan Brice on 01580 765511 if you would like to help. |
 July 2007 update Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection This is the period of the year when servicing of the passenger carrying fleet of coaches takes priority over anything else. Arriving at the C&W shed early on a Tuesday, I often see this view as serviced stock is removed and the next carriage is shunted into place in the shed ready for attention. Contact the railway on 01580 765155 if you’d like to help the department. |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection As I sort through my photos and write these descriptions, I am again amazed at the amount and quality of work that our Carriage and Wagon Shed staff - the couple of paid ones plus the volunteers achieve together. Could we do more and better work? Of course more could be achieved if the few were helped by more volunteers. How about giving it a try in 2007? Contact the railway on 01580 765155if you’d like to help the department. |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection The problem with editting this quarterly update is not in finding material but reducing it to a couple of dozen or so photographs. There are a number of regular volunteers helping the various projects reach completion. Have you considered being one of them ? |
Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection Today (as I write this) this ancient carriage, built 1898, entered the works. Its early numbers can still be clearly read. How long before it will be seen running again? These pages have been prepared so that those who might not otherwise be able to peep behind the scenes at the railway’s carriage and Wagon shed, can do so. This month there are more pictures than ever as we open and close another chapter in K&ESR’s ongoing history. Would you like to help to make things happen faster and better? Would you like to see 3062 (formerly a bungalow near Ashford and recovered by the late Eric Graves and his group) turned once again into a coach in our vintage fleet - or perhaps you have some other favourite. Pick up a phone and give us a bell and we’ll tell you how you can help. |
April 2006 update Click on the photo to see all the photos in this collection Travel broadens the mind they say. Having had an extended winter holiday in southern sun, I have returned with fresh respect for what is achieved on our comparatively tiny railway. Picture one shows how some Australian railway enthusiasts carry out their restoration projects - in a eucalyptus forest! My thanks to Robin Dyce who has been snooping round the Carriage and Wagon sheds with his camera for me during my absence and whose pictures these are mainly. |
January 2006 update
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In the last update I referred to the 'Rags to Riches' dimension to the work of the Carriage and Wagon Department - turning rotted and rusted hulks into smoothly functioning and gleaming rolling stock. However the priority of the department, as these first pictures demonstrate, is to keep the operational fleet of carriages and wagons running and ready for service. The volume of this work dictates the amount of time and resources that can be devoted to the restoration side of the work. With the end of the 2005 running season, the priority has turned to servicing the carriage stock.
Let the Wagons (and Carriages) Roll - 2 October 2005 update
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It’s a “from Rags to Riches” story or perhaps more accurately rot and rust to riches story as historic items of our transport history are restored to gleaming operational order. If you have an interest in the past and are keen on helping, then these pictures are to whet your appetite. They have been taken at the Carriage and wagon shed at Tenterden.
Let the Wagons (and Carriages) Roll July 2005
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