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Useful suppliers for those involved in the restoration of vintage railway carriages.

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

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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