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Carriage A1328 restoration progress February 2022
The restoration of carriage A 1328 has continued apace over summer, boosted by the donation of a complete set of replacement window lights.
Mainline extension update
Over the past few months we have been working on extending our mainline past the Maymorn Metlink station.
Cab and bunker fabrication for Wb 292 and 299
Carriage A1328 restoration update
Restoration work has been progressing steadily since carriage A 1328 was added to our fleet in July 2020.
Carriage A 1328 added to fleet
Carriage A 1328 is a recent arrival at Maymorn. The car is in remarkably good condition and after a modest amount of restoration work it will return to service on our railway.
Track extension - June 2020
Patterns for Gumdigger carriage A 255
A set of patterns have been made for our historic Gumdigger carriage A 255, built at Addington Workshops, Christchurch in 1884.
Moving Wb 299 to the workshop
On Saturday 21 March 2020 we rolled the main frame of steam locomotive Wb 299 into the workshop - just a few days before the Covid-19 level-3 and level-4 lock-down.