3D Printed 

Light Railway  Railcars and coaches

Colonel Stephens coaches can be found below

Ex Metropolitan coaches

Ex GER coaches

Colonel Stephens built railcars and coaches

Corringham Light Railway

Garstang and Knott End Railway

Wotton(Brill) Tramway

Description Model Scales
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Derwent Valley Light Railway Ford railcar

Ford chassis with body built by C.H.Roe of Crossgates (Leeds). Operated 1924-1926 when road bus competition saw them sold to County Donegal Railways.
They were modified by County Donegal(body lowered), to fit 3ft gauge, but were not uccessful and were scrapped in the mid 30s. 

Colonel Stephens wanted to buy them, but was outbid by the County Donegal. 

Requires chassis, and finishing etc.

Drewry motor coach


Based on original 1931 proposed design for Bermuda i. Fitted out with buffers for British standard gauge. Short bogie underframe.

Something for the light railway


Require chassis, bogies and finishing




Drewry motor composite coach


Based on original 1931 proposed design for Bermuda i. Fitted out with buffers for British standard gauge. Short bogie underframe.

Something for the light railway


Require chassis, bogies and finishing




NLR 18ft 6in luggage brake coach

Built by the NLR. Distinctive birdcage roof end. Some variations in shape and height(possibly modified). Sold to varioius light railways including KESR and Easingwold Railway. 

requires finishing and wheels
Spurn Head Railway Hudswell Clarke railcar

The 6th and final railcar supplied in 1933 to the War Department for operating on the Spurn Head Railway. 
It was more successful than its predecessors and continued in operation for 18 years. 

Model based on drawings and photos, some small changes were made over the years.

Requires wheels,chassis etc
Drewry type B railcar

The Drewry type B railcar was first built by BSA and taken over by Drewry . First introduced in 1911, and sold to many railways around the world. Various gauges. This is a typical standard length version. Production continued up till 1930, but spare parts were still being supplied in 1958. 



Requires chassis and finishing

Corringham Light Railway

The Corringham Light Railway was built to connect the village of Corringham to the newly built ammunitions factory at Tames Haven in Essex. Primarily for workers at factory. 
The line opened in 1901 and closed in the 1950s

Corringham Light Railway

Toast-rack passenger coach




Initially 2 light weight high capacity bogie coaches were supplied by Kerr Stuart & Co , one was fully open sided with toast rack seating, the other was partly open with an enclosed compartment for 1st class passengers. Both were replaced about 1913. 


Design based on a small number of photos and measurements based on comparison to Kerr Stuart loco, for which there are drawings. 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc
Corringham Light Railway

Toast-rack composite passenger coach




Initially 2 light weight high capacity bogie coaches were supplied by Kerr Stuart & Co , one was fully open sided with toast rack seating, the other was partly open with an enclosed compartment for 1st class passengers. Both were replaced about 1913. 


Design based on a small number of photos and measurements based on comparison to Kerr Stuart loco, for which there are drawings. 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Garstang and Knott End Railway

 

The Garstang and Knot-End Railway ran between Garstang and Pilling, in the Fylde of Lancashire. In 1898 the Knott End Railway was authorised to continue to Knott End; it opened in 1908.

Salt extraction near Preesall became a dominant industry from 1890. The passenger service was discontinued in 1930 and the line closed completely in 1965. 

Locos HERE

Goods stock HERE

 

 

 

6 WHEEL COMPOSITE COACH

 

One of the coaches(2 composites, 2 all thirds) originally built for opening of the railway in 1870. Modified slightly in 1897 when new locos were introduced. They were eventually scrapped in 1909.

 

 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

 

 

6 WHEEL ALL 3rd COACH

 

One of the coaches(2 composites, 2 all thirds) originally built for opening of the railway in 1870. Modified slightly in 1897 when new locos were introduced. They were eventually scrapped in 1909.

 

 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

 

BOGIE COACH

 

For the opening of the Knott End line extension, eight bogie coaches were supplied by Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Co. There were two versions, both identical externally, one a composite and one an all third. They lasted till end of passenger services in 1930, and one composite then worked on the ex Caledonian line to Wanlockhead until that line closed in 1939.

 

 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

 

Bogie composite coach

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

 BOGIE COACH

(LMS condition)

Photos of the coaches in LMS days show the lower sides of coach just matchboarding, and beading had been removed.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

PASSENGER BRAKE VAN 

AS the bogie coaches had no guards compartment they originally worked with the goods brake vans, but in 1909 2 new passenger brake vans were introduced. 
Requires finishing off, wheels etc

PASSENGER BRAKE VAN  (LMS version)


One of the passenger brake vans went to Wanlockhead with the bogie composite coach, and was scrapped at the same time when line closed in 1939.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Wotton /Brill Tramway

 

The opening of the privately owned and built Wotton Tramway was  in 1872. The line ran from Brill to Quainton Road station and from 1899 became part of the Metropolitan Railway after the schemes to extend the line to Oxford failed.

Wotton Tramway Coach

Supplied by Ashbury for the opening of the privately owned and built Wotton Tramway in 1872.
The body of this coach ended up as a workmans' hut at Brill station and survived till closure of the line in 1935. 

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Brill Tramway(Oxford and Aylesbury) coach

Two supplied by Bristol Carriage and Wagon Company in 1895 for the planned extension of the Brill Tramway. As this extension was never completed they were sold to the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway when The Metropolitan Railway took over in 1899.



Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Pictures are just for reference, not of specific scaled model. 

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All 3D printed designs by Simon Dawson (Rue d'Étropal) , currently produced to order by Shapeways. Just follow links to Shapeways pages.

 

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