It was while browsing for photos of LMS carriages that I recently rediscovered to the RCTS website, and came upon some gems that are of particular interest to the LMS carriage restorer, within their carriage conundrums section. Perhaps most relevant … Continue reading →
2014 marks the 175th anniversary of the arrival of railways into Derby. In 1839 the first passenger services between Derby and Nottingham began. At the same time, workshops were set up by the North Midland Railway, the Midland Counties Railway … Continue reading →
In 1998 members of the LMS Carriage Association made another trip up to Scotland. However, instead of hunting out carriages in farmers’ fields, this trip was to dismantle the remains of an old Midland carriage over the course of a … Continue reading →
Members of the LMS Carriage Association took their third trip up to the north of Scotland to undertake some more hunting for LMS carriage spares. New sources were found as well as revisiting some of the previous locations for some … Continue reading →
This was the second adventure to an area north of Aberdeen for the members of the LMS Carriage Association. As before the purpose was to try and find as many LMS carriage bodies in farmers’ fields with the aim of … Continue reading →
Back in the late 90s, word got around that there were old railway carriages to be found in farmer’s fields in the area to the north of Aberdeen. Many of which could yield spares to help with the restoration of … Continue reading →
The National Railway Museum have recently launched a railway photos section on their website, which of course includes some photos of interest in relation to LMS carriages. This first five photos (NRM ref containing DY) illustrate various stages of the … Continue reading →
