AL56043 - Restoration and Maintenance

Russell Wiseman bought A56734 and AL56043 in the mid 1990's and began to overhaul these Ex Auckland subbies in the old Feilding Freezing Works yard. This work mainly consisted of sandblasing the underframes and dent and rust repairs to panels.
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12th Febuary 2005
This AL carvan has had a lot of work done on it too. The interior has been tidied up, although not refurbished. The exterior has had many new panels fitted. Here you can see Peter Hammond fitting the tail lights back on the carriage after the new curved panels had been fitted.

8th January 2005
The axles on all carriages must be crack tested. In order for this the bearing covers must be removed. To prevent dust getting into the bearings, the covers were only taken off just prior to the actual ultrasonic test.

December 2003
Peter preparing the carriage to have a new body knee welded into place.

2nd August 2003
Keith fitting steel sheet to the underside of the carriage. These stop sparks from the brakes coming in contact with the wooden surfaces of the carriage.

2nd August 2003
Bob Judd removing yet another rusted body knee.

2nd August 2003
Tony (Society welder) removing yet another rusted body knee.

Work Week - March 2003
The AL56043 with it's side panels removed to assess corrosion.

Work Week - March 2003
The lights worked after replacing a few tubes. But the charging system may be a lot harder to get operating.

30th October 2002
A new beam was manufactured locally to replace the rotten one above.

15th June 2002
First priority it to fix the two ex-Auckland Subbie Cars that Russell brought back in the mid 1990's. These cars have been leaking and need a bit of wood and steel replaced.

Photos taken by Stan Jenkins

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	12th Febuary 2005 This AL carvan has had a lot of work done on it too. The interior has been tidied up, although not refurbished. The exterior has had many new panels fitted. Here you can see Peter Hammond fitting the tail lights back on the carriage after the new curved panels had been fitted.
	8th January 2005 The axles on all carriages must be crack tested. In order for this the bearing covers must be removed. To prevent dust getting into the bearings, the covers were only taken off just prior to the actual ultrasonic test.
	December 2003 Peter preparing the carriage to have a new body knee welded into place.
	2nd August 2003 Keith fitting steel sheet to the underside of the carriage. These stop sparks from the brakes coming in contact with the wooden surfaces of the carriage.
	2nd August 2003 Bob Judd removing yet another rusted body knee.
	2nd August 2003 Tony (Society welder) removing yet another rusted body knee.
	Work Week - March 2003 The AL56043 with it's side panels removed to assess corrosion.
	Work Week - March 2003 The lights worked after replacing a few tubes. But the charging system may be a lot harder to get operating.
	30th October 2002 A new beam was manufactured locally to replace the rotten one above.
	15th June 2002 First priority it to fix the two ex-Auckland Subbie Cars that Russell brought back in the mid 1990's. These cars have been leaking and need a bit of wood and steel replaced.