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Title: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: d-a-n on October 30, 2017, 07:23:07 PM
This image came from a group on Facebook and is something I'd love to seriously consider for my next house. How would one make this happen? Any ideas of the costs involved in purchasing such a thing, for transporting and I assume craning it into position?

(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/57/1816-301017192200.jpeg)
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: RailGooner on October 30, 2017, 07:39:40 PM
 :drool: Oh yeah, I could go for 37.
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: Griffo on October 30, 2017, 08:36:28 PM
Try this for some ideas ....

http://www.traincabs.co.uk/ (http://www.traincabs.co.uk/)

nurse, nurse ......

Steve
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: kirky on October 30, 2017, 09:15:25 PM
I think I would go for a 66... but Ive already got a shed.  :doh:
Ill get my coat.

Kirky
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: Gary Burcombe on October 30, 2017, 09:23:31 PM
That would make an awesome porch!
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: PostModN66 on October 30, 2017, 09:41:13 PM
Tell the wife you're buying her a Hoover.  Better than a Brush.

Cheers Jon  :)

Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: themadhippy on October 30, 2017, 11:16:26 PM
And once you've the cab you really need a carriage or 2
https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/all-aboard-a-pair-of-victorian-train-carriages-form-the-heart-of-this-unusual-seaside-home-a113736.html (https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/all-aboard-a-pair-of-victorian-train-carriages-form-the-heart-of-this-unusual-seaside-home-a113736.html)
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: d-a-n on October 31, 2017, 08:16:47 AM
Quote from: themadhippy on October 30, 2017, 11:16:26 PM
And once you've the cab you really need a carriage or 2
https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/all-aboard-a-pair-of-victorian-train-carriages-form-the-heart-of-this-unusual-seaside-home-a113736.html (https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/all-aboard-a-pair-of-victorian-train-carriages-form-the-heart-of-this-unusual-seaside-home-a113736.html)

That's a great article from my original neck of the woods; my dad was born in a converted railway carriage house on Felpham seafront 4 miles west of Pagham in 1948! He'll love to see this, thanks for the find.
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: d-a-n on October 31, 2017, 08:23:15 AM
Quote from: Lindi on October 30, 2017, 10:35:59 PM
A few more cabs in the garden

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238751/Homeowner-keeps-railway-engines-garden-amazed-t-buyer-knock-semi.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238751/Homeowner-keeps-railway-engines-garden-amazed-t-buyer-knock-semi.html)

Looks like the people at traincabs.co.uk have taken these away for preservation. Shame as they were only down the road in Stockport...!
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: railsquid on October 31, 2017, 08:32:22 AM
Quote from: Lindi on October 30, 2017, 10:35:59 PM
A few more cabs in the garden

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238751/Homeowner-keeps-railway-engines-garden-amazed-t-buyer-knock-semi.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238751/Homeowner-keeps-railway-engines-garden-amazed-t-buyer-knock-semi.html)

Not any more by the looks of it: https://goo.gl/maps/6mGz4X7eL4R2 (https://goo.gl/maps/6mGz4X7eL4R2)
Title: Re: Class 47 cab in garden
Post by: The Q on October 31, 2017, 09:18:24 AM
I pass a victorian carriage everyday  on the  way to work, it's in their back garden as a summer house. There are Many within 5 miles of me such as this one.
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=15367 (http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=15367)

The one on George Clarks small spaces is one of them.

Most however are now entirely bricked in.

Should one come up I'd probably see if I could get it for my garden.. I have the space