Paint Shop Opens

The paint shop at the Wardrobe Railways locomotive works has now opened and the first two items have received the painters attention.

The Hunslet diesel has received a coat of deep blue, whilst the coach has had applied the dark red that all the passenger stock will bare.

Company Livery Revealed

The Wardrobe Railway have released an artist's sketch showing the proposed locomotive and coaching stock livery.

Rolling stock construction continues

A number of items of rolling stock have now been completed and just await a visit to the paint shop.

Wagon Construction Commenced

In a surprise move, the carriage and wagon works of the WR worked yesterday evening to construct the first piece of rolling stock.  The photo shows the goods van following completion and waiting to enter the paint shop.  Painting may take some time as the board is currently unable to agree on what liveries to apply to the railways locomotives, coaches and goods stock.

Rolling Stock Purchase

The WR board is pleased to announce the purchase of a number of items of rolling stock.  This includes both passenger and goods stock.  The stock has been purchased as 'kits of parts' which will be assembled and painted in the railways own Carriage and Wagon Works.

Wardrobe Railway place order for first locomotive

The board has announced the purchase of its first locomotive.  It has been decided to purchase the locomotive in kit form.  Final assembly and painting will be carried out by the railway's own locomotive works.

The locomotive is a 60HP diesel manufactured by Hunslet.  The images below show an earlier locomotive of the same type.

Delivery of the locomotive parts is expected within the next 1 to 2 weeks.

Foundations laid for The Wardrobe Railway

WR Board Announce Land Purchase

In what some have described as a rash move, the board of the Wardrobe Railway have pushed ahead with the purchase of the required land before full funding has been raised.  The board "are confident" that the funding will be available by the end of this week.

The following image has been released by the WR board of the newly purchased land.