"Daniel bigpond.com>" <danielnightingale@<remove> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if any preservation group in the UK or US has used steel to
> replace wooden pillars, or structural members, in the front or rear ends of
> wooden bodied rollingstock. I would be interested in corresponding with any
> parties who have done this before, to assist in a heritage restoration
> project underway in Australia. I intend to only replace the front and rear
> ends with an all steel structure, and any positive or negative experiences
> would be great to hear from.
>
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>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Daniel Nightingale
> Sydney, Australia
>
Make sure you well protect the steel against corrosion, early post war steel
coaches in Britain (I'm thinking of LNER Thompson coaches) didn't last many
years before rusting.
Mike.



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