Hudson Toastrack carriages above Boston Lodge Halt.

Hudson Toastrack carriages above Boston Lodge Halt.
Hudson Toastrack carriages above Boston Lodge Halt.
Hudson Toastrack carriages above Boston Lodge Halt.
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Hudson Toastrack carriages above Boston Lodge Halt.
Hudson Toastrack bogie carriages Nos 37 & 42 above Boston Lodge Halt beyond the engine shed, August 1940. These were the last two surviving carriages, the other four having been reduced to flat waggons many years earlier. Upon the entire closure of the line they would be shunted over to the main Works. Note roof sticks to support canvas cover.

In the preservation era these vehicles became FR flat waggons Nos 66 & 64 respectively. No. 66 was used as the camera platform for a BBC TV live Outside Broadcast, and then rebuilt as semi-open tourist carriage No. 38. No. 64 became one of the fuel tankers, before eventually being restored to original Toastrack carriage condition at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway.

Source. Mr Lawrence, Epson via David Mitchell.

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