Railway Carriage Delivery

The Railway carriage based hut is ready for delivery. 

We had to wait for the ground around where the carriage was going to be prepared and then for it to dry out. 

The Austin attempts to move the railway carriage.

The View.



We enlisted the help of a local tractor to help get it into the final place (no pictures of this) 

light fitting details

The Water Closet

Pedestal Sink. 

Side sliding bed

With the bed away and storage boxes.

The final resting place of the Railway Carriage.

Two sets of steps for the two doors. And the bumper details.

The ground around the site will recover quickly.

Solar panel mounted to the back of the carriage.

 

This Railway Carriage hut is for the customer's own use as a place to spend a couple of nights up in the field. And as just a warm place to go when tending to their horses. 

The first one we did will, hopefully, be available to stay in 2021.

Railway Carriage finished inside.

 The inside is finished, and the Railway Carriage is ready to be loaded for a socially distanced delivery. 

We will be loading this one up in the next day or so and then delivering it to its final view. 
 

The Wash room. 
Shelves for storage.
Rhino Vinyl on the floor and a feature wall. 

The pull out bed / seating area.

Kitchen unit

These Tiles provided by the customer.

Railway Carriage inside painting

The partition wall is in, separating an area off for a walk in cupboard which will be fitted with shelves.

We've also put in most of the light fittings and switches. There are still wall lights to fit.

We are playing with the idea to put a sliding door on the partition wall as this should suit the space and the theme better.

The upper parts of the walls and ceiling, all of the Tongue and Grooving, has been painted in Cream, the lower sections of the walls have been scumbled.

The white space is approximately where a multi-fuel stove will be going. 

Window in the cupboard area, still to be framed out. 

The space in the corner will be fitted out with a kitchenette and then a bench-bed (couchette) will be under the nearest window on the left. 

View from the cupboard door. 

Getting close to the flooring stage, we try to avoid this while still painting as the floor comes pre-lacquered and thus pretty much ready to go.

Railway Carriage outside panelling.

More detailing and panelling has been added to the outside of the Railway Carriage.

It seems that the ends are staying cream,

A second layer of relief has been added to the wooden strips. We've also put bolts into the runner to add more detail.

We are waiting on more materials to be able to get on with the outside now. A decorative connecting door will be added to the other end we think. 

We've also confirmed on the paint that will be going on the inside so we will be able to get onto that next week. 

Once the internal walls are painted the rest of the fitting out will speed along, if we have no more delays due to material shortages anyway. 

Railway carriage outside painted.

Progress is being made.

The sides are mid Brunswick Green, and for now the ends are cream. 

The reddish wood will have at least another coat and will not be as orange.

We are now waiting on more paint. Another issue that we are coming across again and again due to the social distancing rules and other measures is that many places are not able to produce as much, and those able to supply it are selling out quickly. 

Everyone needs paint. And when the colour bought doesn't match expectation it can get quite frustrating. It will be a simple fix once the wood stain arrives though. 

Yet to panel out the other side. 

Stared to line out the inside. the Plywood lower sections will be done in scumble. The rest of the wood is yet to be decided upon. 

 

The railway carriage primed.

With the weather still on our side we have had a chance to get the undercoat on the railway hut.

it is looking huge again. 

The railway wagon will be finished in green and detailed in cream.

The railway carriage roof

After planking the roof of the railway carriage with cedar strips we had to leave it a couple of days to allow the wood settle.

We then spread out the EPDM sheet over the roof and let it sit for a day so to help remove many of the folds and creases. 

  

We are lucky that the weather has been so good these past few days. The heat first helped remove a lot of the creases in the rubber sheet.

However, we had to make sure that when it came down to the gluing process we did this in the morning or evening when the roof would be cooler,
 as the glue that is used can set too fast if it is too warm.

With relative ease, and the help of a soft brush, we first stuck one half of the sheet down, and then the other and then left it a couple of days under cover to fully go off. 



Folding and then trapping the sheet down the sides of the barge boards helps seal the roof and prevents water from finding a way in. 




The next stages are to fit a facia that will trap the roof sheet and then decorate the ends of the carriage.

The walls are ready for the primer when it gets here and the inside is ready for wiring before we line out the walls. 

This is one of the projects that we have been managing to get along with while observing both social distancing and lock down rules. 

Railway Carriage Mk II.

At the back end of last year we were commissioned to build another Railway Carriage. Much the same as the first one and also different. We're trying some different things on this one from the last.

We had made a start earlier in the year and its coming along quite well, however things are slowing down on the build as we are having problems getting hold of materials during the lock down.

This one is going to be 16ft long x 8ft wide and quite a bit different from the shepherds huts on the outside, however the interior will be fitted to our usual standards, insulated all round, and it will be painted. It will have a bed, a sink and multi-fuel stove, and a separate room with storage cupboards at one end.

Like the first one, this one will have two doors to get inside. Out side lights and be painted in what ever colours the customer picks out.

Sides have been treated with epoxy, the windows primed.
Next is a coat of epoxy on the ends

View from the end door

Roof cladding is western red cedar.
Will then be covered in EPDM

Still Cladding the roof 

View to the end door