SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY Autocoach 228 Restoration
| Update: 19 February 2014 |
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| BR(W) Autocoach W228 undergoing repairs at Buckfastleigh | Photo © J Brodribb 2013 |
BR(W) built autocoach has been in A shop for attention to rusting on the underframe, and is also being retyred. The photos show the coach up in the air outside the boiler shop with one bogie run out, new steel brackets that have been welded in, and a volunteer gang undertaking the retyring.
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| South Devon Railway Engineering fit new tyres - (L-R) Connor Brodie, Rob le Chevalier, Keith Innes and Wayne Brodie. | |
| Photos © R LeChevalier 2013 | |
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| One of the replacement gusset plates welded into place | Photo © J Brodribb 2013 |
Update: 19th February 2014
Work is progressing on W228 with the remaining wheelsets being retyred and the axleboxes refurbished in readiness for rebuilding the bogie.
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| A pair of recently retyred wheelsets ready for installation in the bogie | |
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| The fully restored axleboxes | W228 on stands waiting the refurbished bogie |
| Photo © J Brodribb 2013 | |
© South Devon Railway Association 2014