Canvey Railway and Model Engineering Club.

Ride on's big and small
28-01-25

The raised level and low level passenger coaches & trucks.

Rejuvenation of the passenger coach "Kate"

This is "Kate's" new look,
to be unveiled on 30th March 2025
These are "Kate's" new boogies

New for the 2025 season

Above and below

The revamp of coach Kate. The sides have been taken off and new finger guards along with the sides painted a lovely shade of blue, the foot rests will be black and a sign placed on each side.

The chassis has been checked over, any rust and flakes removed. Give an undercoat then a top coat for some super dupper stuff that stops rust. As you can see new seats have also been made with a different kind of foam that absorbs the clicky clack from the track.

Left to be done, new boogies, wheels, fitting pipe work, vacumm resevoirs, brakes calipers & brake blocks. Not a lot then before the opening of the season !

 

The passenger cars are stacked by winching them on top of each other for ease and space saving. There is actually 4 cars in this stack but a better picture is needed to show you.
They all bare the names of females from one family. A mother and her daughters
Each passenger coach holds a maximum of 2 adults or 1 adult & 2 children or 3/4 children.
and here are the ladies all out having a brake and bearing check
Here the boys are washing the underside of Victoria after giving the braking system a check over after a squeak developed.

 

Low level Non passenger cars
The low level truck for the low level. For taking human powered wheeled vehicles or boxes of stuff around our railway.
Seen here with its loading ramps down, it is wide enough to put a complete set of points on without twisting the them.
The end on view. It also is fitted with a hand brake under the furthest seat if you are brave enough to ride on it.
Here it is many years ago dressed as a passenger coach. I am assured that it was quite comfortable.
Lower level 5 inch driving car
Lower level 5 inch driving car. This mean it generally goes ONLY on the low level and around the outer track ONLY
 
 
 
It could go on the raised track but your feet / legs would be very high up and if you suffer from vertigo its a long way up !
 

 

Rejuvenation of the low level ride-on Trucks & passenger coaches

 

The foot boards cleaned off before painting with primer, undercoat and a top coat of anti-slip paint.

 

Drivers ride on being prepared for a top coat of gloss black paint.

 
That's the top coat done. Left the running boards so that a top coat of anti slip paint can be applied.
Just a moody shot of the passenger ride on cars after car No2 had it paint revamp.

 

All that's left to be done are passenger cars No1, No3 & No4.

Passenger car No5 does not need painting as it does not come out to play very often.

Ride on's big and small
08-07-23