Dog Star
Western Thunderer
First Open no. 3070 is part of a service set and in use on the Mid Hants Railway. This post offers some interior views of the carriage.
To start with a detail that is proving difficult to tie down - just how many fire extinguishers per carriage? This photo shows the only extinguisher that could be carried by this carriage on the basis that there is only one "shelf" for the item. The picture shows a detail which is likely to be from the oreservation era, the material that forms the draught excluder is the same as the material used on the seating.
The Bluebell Railway web-site has an excellent set of pages of carriage moquette, see Bob's (@Bob-65B) post below for the link. The moquette in the following photo features in the Bluebell pages where the pattern is noted as being introduced in the 1950s.
The interior of this FO is much lighter than most of the other coaches in the set... a nice golden yellow of Weathered Sycamore from somewhere in Britain. This photo shows the veneer below the glazing in a mid coach partition.
This photo shows the same veneer on one of the vestibule partitions.
How do I know that the veneer is Sycamore? Long-term readers of the Mk.1 topics may recall that a WTer, either Bob or Adrian, suggested that I ought to write a paper on the labels attached to the panelling in the body of a Mk.1. This photo shows how BR thoughtfully provided passengers with details of their surroundings.
To start with a detail that is proving difficult to tie down - just how many fire extinguishers per carriage? This photo shows the only extinguisher that could be carried by this carriage on the basis that there is only one "shelf" for the item. The picture shows a detail which is likely to be from the oreservation era, the material that forms the draught excluder is the same as the material used on the seating.
The Bluebell Railway web-site has an excellent set of pages of carriage moquette, see Bob's (@Bob-65B) post below for the link. The moquette in the following photo features in the Bluebell pages where the pattern is noted as being introduced in the 1950s.
The interior of this FO is much lighter than most of the other coaches in the set... a nice golden yellow of Weathered Sycamore from somewhere in Britain. This photo shows the veneer below the glazing in a mid coach partition.
This photo shows the same veneer on one of the vestibule partitions.
How do I know that the veneer is Sycamore? Long-term readers of the Mk.1 topics may recall that a WTer, either Bob or Adrian, suggested that I ought to write a paper on the labels attached to the panelling in the body of a Mk.1. This photo shows how BR thoughtfully provided passengers with details of their surroundings.
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