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Useful suppliers for those involved in the restoration of vintage railway
carriages.
These pages aim to act as a coordinating page for all technical information
concerning vintage carriage restoration, and is maintained also on behalf of the UK Heritage Railways Web-site.
Suppliers & Services:
- Adshead Ratcliffe Arboseal - Butyl sealant for windows etc
Derby Rd, Belper Derby DE56 1WJ
Tel: 01773 826661
Web site.
- AJ Wells & Sons - Vitreous Enamellers
Bishops Way, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5WS
Tel: 01983 537766
Web site.
- Ansell Jones Forgings - Manufacturers of forged lifting
equipment and
railway drawhooks.
Tel: 1274 531862
Web site.
- Armstrong Oilers - Axlebox oiler pads
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Motive Power Department
Grosmont, North Yorkshire YO22 5BJ
Tel: 01947 895 880
Web site.
- Arnold (Tarpaulins) Ltd - see William Arnold (Tarpaulins), below
- Birmingham and Leyland (Nufox) - Suspension Rubbers
Tel: 0161 655 0303
Web site.
- Camira Fabrics (including the Holdsworth transport brand, and Furtex) for commercial vehicle and public transport fabric applications.
The Watermill, Wheatley Park, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8HE
Tel: 03330 324 568
Web site.
- A. Dunn & Son - Marquetery
8 Wharf Road
Chelmsford,
CM2 6LU
Tel: 01245 354452
Web site.
- Heritage Trimmings Ltd. - Luggage rack netting, reproduction fabrics and fabric trimmings
The Old Mess Room, Colombo Street, Derby, DE23 8LW
Tel: 01332 343953
Web site.
- Riley & Son (E) Ltd - Railway Workshop Services and contract painters
Premier Locomotive Works, Sefton Street,
Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2JF
Tel: 01706 622 569
Web site.
- J. A. Milton - Hessian, springs, and other trimming/upholstery supplies and tools.
Ellesmere Business Park,
Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 OEW
Tel: 01691 624023
Web site.
- Andrew Mitchell & Co. - Traditional coach roofing canvas.
Unit 7 Swan Meadow Industrial Estate,
Swan Meadow Road, Wigan
Lancs, WN3 5BJ
Tel: 01942 241 251
Web site.
- English Woodlands Timber - Hardwood timbers
Cocking Sawmills
Cocking
West Sussex GU29 0HS
Tel: 01730 771542
Web site
- James Latham - Hardwood timbers
Web site
- Mudfords (Sheffield) Ltd - Synthetic carriage roofing material
Unit 1 Orgreave Way,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire S13 9LS
Tel: 0114 243 3033
Web site.
- Pickerskill-Kaye - Carriage Door Slam Locks, striking plates and
handles
Tel: 0203 007 6060
Web site.
- Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd - Lino and other flooring materials, including marmoleum
Lion Buildings Warehouse, Crowhurst Road,
Brighton, Sussex BN1 8AF
Tel: 01273 557211
Web site.
- Railway Documentation and Drawing Services Ltd (RDDS) - Carriage
Technical Drawings.
Part of RSSB.
Please contact the PADS Helpdesk at Serco Raildata.
Tel: 0330 1098865
Web site.
- Railway Reprints - Reprints of "Railway Carriages and Wagons" by
Sidney Stone (1903)
- Railway Wheelset & Brake Ltd - Tyres, Axles, Vac brake bits etc.
First Floor, G2
12 Leeds Road
Sheffield S9 3TY
Tel: 0114 303 0705
Web site.
- The Real Wrought Iron Co. - puddled wrought iron ("Low Moor"
iron).
C.Topp & Co, Thirsk, UK or The Real Wrought Iron Co., Thirsk, U.K.
e-mail: c.topp@daelnet.co.uk
- Red Kite Signs & Engraving - specialising initially in the manufacture of engraved plastic laminate and metal labelling.
John Robinson: Phone 07976 837688 or 01509 236638, or e-mail.
- Richard Perian - specialist railway nuts and bolts including rivet
headed bolts
2-10 Gopsal St
Corner Cardigan St
Birmingham
Tel 0121 359 1762
- Samuel Wilkes (Engineering) Ltd - Railway carriage door-hinges and
other items
P.O. Box 1, Newfield Close, Walsall
West Midlands, WS2 7PB
Tel: 01922 634567
Web site.
- Severn Valley Railway Engineering - Services including: Vacuum brake overhauls, Door lock testing and overhaul, Casting patterns, Timber moulding templates, and new Lavatory pans.
Web site.
- South Devon Railway Engineering - Tyre and axle press and wheel lathe. Mk.1 Sheet Metal pressings, and more.
Tel: 01364 643 461
Web site.
- Springline Spares - Carriage Springs
Sipelia works
Blast Lane
Sheffield S4 7TA
Tel: 0114 275015, Fax: 0114 275 3318
- Stocksigns - Vitreous Enamel - both station signage and carriage components.
Ormside Way, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 2LG
Web Site - Contact
Tel. 01737 764 764 - Fax. 01737 763 763
- Swindon Historic Castings Ltd - no longer in operation, and its historic patterns are now dispersed as follows:
- Great Western Locomotive patterns are located with the Great Western Society. That is principally the A and B series of patterns.
- Great Western Coach patterns and Wolverton patterns are located with the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. That is principally the R, L and W series of patterns.
- Eastleigh and Ashford patterns, are located with the Bluebell Railway. That is principally the J series of patterns.
- Steam Crane patterns are located with the East Somerset Railway.
- Gresham & Craven Brake Cylinder patterns are located with the South Devon Railway.
- Hunslet and various industrial patterns are located with the Kent & East Sussex Railway. That is principally the C series of patterns.
- Patterns have also been located with specific interest groups: A number of BR Standard patterns transferred to the Standard Locomotive Owners Association, and LMS patterns to the Patriot locomotive group. Appropriate patterns for the Galloping Gertie project have been transferred to that locomotive group, and Vale of Rheidol have received patterns appropriate to their railway.
- A large selection including LNER, LMS and Diesel patterns have been transferred to Tysley Locomotive Works.
- Patterns that are the property of third party organisations, such as the Davies and Metcalfe patterns, have been returned to their owners.
- Contact Timesegment Limited for queries relating to Steam-related Davies and Metcalfe, GWR rail chairs, and Gresham & Craven Drawings. Timesegment Limited will also continue to supply items that were previously marketed through Swindon Historic Castings Ltd, such as Headboards, Wagon plates and certain other spares where they were the owners of the patterns.
- Signalling components will continue to be available from the current suppliers.
This information taken from the former website of SHC, 24 August 2011.
- Tested Spring Co Ltd - Carriage Springs
Hainge Road
Tividale
Warley
West Midlands B69 2NG
Tel: 0121 5572304, Fax: 0121 5574031
- Timbmet Ltd - Hardwood
P.O. Box 39, Crawley Works, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PP
Web site: Timbmet
Tel: 01865 862223, Fax: 01865 864367 e-mail: oxfsales@timbmet.com
Also Rochdale and Glasgow.
- Wenban Smith - Hardwood and softwood Timber machined to size
Web site
Worthing, Lewes and Horsham
Tel: 01903 230311
- T.R.Williamson - coach paints and roof-bedding compound
Web site: Williamsons
36 Stonebridgegate
Ripon
N.Yorks HG4 1TP
Tel: 01765 607711
- William Arnold (Tarpaulins) Ltd - Heavy duty tarpaulins for covering
out-of-use carriages, also wagon sheets
PO Box 10111, Frinton-On-Sea, CO13 0WR
Tel: 01255 679999
Web site: tarpaulins.co.uk
See also The
Carriage Exchange Suppliers page, and the Railcar Web Site, a list of suppliers
applicable to DMU restoration and maintenance. Substantial commonality of
course exists between DMUs and hauled stock, so these are further useful
contacts.
If anyone has suitable web pages or contact details which they would like to
have listed on this page, please contact the Bluebell's web site editor, Richard Salmon.
Please note that neither the Bluebell Railway nor the Heritage Railway
Association are responsible for any of the advice or other information on these
pages, nor can they be considered as recommending the suppliers listed above.
The above is purely a list of suppliers which we or other railways have used in
the past.
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