GCR Rolling Stock Trust

There is a new posting on their website in case anyone else hadn't spotted it......
https://gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/2023/07/27/how-they-come-how-they-are-nearly-ready-to-go/

 

The update speaks of "Pressure Tanks". Are/were the Barnums dual or air braked?

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I don't think the GCR used air brakes, so I wonder if the reference is to vacuum tanks? For my part I looked at the ceiling lights in the original interior pic and wondered if they would have to be made, or if there is a similar "retro" modern product. I think (albeit from memory as I can't track the equivalent pic down) the NER 2118 may have had similar fittings.

 

I've heard of vacuum equipment being referred to as pressure vessels.

 

The Trust has launched a Supporters Group: https://gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/friends/

Also, the latest newsletter (received last week) reports that Barnum 228 is now back on its bogies.

I was given the opportunity to have a bit of a tour of #228 a few weeks ago at the 567 Group AGM, work is currently being undertaken on the buffers. The brakegear and underfloor cabling/ piping/ plumbing is currently absent but I seem to recall being told that this is being addressed. Internally the partition between the two saloons has been reinstated. I can't remember being told what was next on the to-do list for the internals but the prototype for the new seating had been installed.

 

A September update on their website....
https://gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/2024/09/04/news-letter-number-4/

 

A very positive newsletter, which I'm sure will encourage more support.