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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

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I think we will find the toilet
from a special auction house - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I think we will find the toilet from a special auction house

The composite carriage
allowed railway companies - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The composite carriage allowed railway companies

It is. It's the
same size saloon, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It is. It's the same size saloon,

By this time second class
had been mostly edged out - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

By this time second class had been mostly edged out

Separating the lords and ladies
returning from the London season - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Separating the lords and ladies returning from the London se...

At almost 50 feet long, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

At almost 50 feet long,

The royal salon itself - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The royal salon itself

The aim is to restore
her to her royal livery, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The aim is to restore her to her royal livery,

Relatively new, they were
introduced about 1890. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Relatively new, they were introduced about 1890.

This enabled passengers
to get to the lavatory - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This enabled passengers to get to the lavatory

Creating the only victorian
royal coach outside a museum. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Creating the only victorian royal coach outside a museum.

This is the kind of
thing I can remember - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This is the kind of thing I can remember

Now, what is it, Stephen, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, what is it, Stephen,

That's right, you can see here - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

That's right, you can see here

I remember how important the
Pullman car stewards made me, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I remember how important the Pullman car stewards made me,

The one over there is harrogate - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The one over there is harrogate

And it wasn't the engine at
the front that really got me going, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And it wasn't the engine at the front that really got m...

To make the carriage accessible, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

To make the carriage accessible,

So many trains nowadays, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So many trains nowadays,

So, I want to recreate
the experience - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, I want to recreate the experience

But the third-class compartments
will be restored as they were, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But the third-class compartments will be restored as they we...

Now, you might think we
want to restore this coach - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, you might think we want to restore this coach

They represented
the latest thinking in, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

They represented the latest thinking in,

I remember as a kid walking
from carriage to carriage - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I remember as a kid walking from carriage to carriage

So, this coach is a vital moment - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, this coach is a vital moment

And one of its key
innovations was what it ran on. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And one of its key innovations was what it ran on.

I'm looking forward to
seeing it finished Peter, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm looking forward to seeing it finished Peter,

Henry: In 1887, while queen
Victoria was travelling in total luxury, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Henry: In 1887, while queen Victoria was travelling in total...

The toilet may be the smallest
and tightest room on the coach, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The toilet may be the smallest and tightest room on the coac...

But one innovation of the era - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But one innovation of the era

Now, in victorian times - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, in victorian times

Before bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Originally, there were no
toilets onboard the carriages. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Originally, there were no toilets onboard the carriages.

Our coach was one of the
earliest to have four sets of wheels - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Our coach was one of the earliest to have four sets of wheel...

Everyone was crammed
into these compartments - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Everyone was crammed into these compartments

That frame is then attached
to the carriage by a single pivot - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

That frame is then attached to the carriage by a single pivo...

Even in the late 19th
century, toilets were a rarity, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Even in the late 19th century, toilets were a rarity,

Not only does that
make for a smoother ride, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Not only does that make for a smoother ride,

Can you imagine 300
people getting off the train, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Can you imagine 300 people getting off the train,

The advantages were so great - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The advantages were so great

By the late 19th century,
when our carriage was built, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

By the late 19th century, when our carriage was built,

Now, the times was filled
with classified adverts - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, the times was filled with classified adverts

Like, for instance, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Like, for instance,

Allowing trains to reach an
excess of 70 miles an hour. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Allowing trains to reach an excess of 70 miles an hour.

(Dramatic orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Dramatic orchestral music)

Now, that, I think, was a balloon
that you strapped to your leg, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, that, I think, was a balloon that you strapped to your ...

For the people who
didn't want to be discreet, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

For the people who didn't want to be discreet,

So these bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So these bogies,

Stephen has brought in a
specialist team of engineers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Stephen has brought in a specialist team of engineers

There was something much
more flowery and that was... - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

There was something much more flowery and that was...

Today you can thank this chap - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Today you can thank this chap

His name was Edmund
heusinger Von waldegg, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

His name was Edmund heusinger Von waldegg,

(Suspenseful music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Suspenseful music)

Because it was him who
came up with the corridor coach. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Because it was him who came up with the corridor coach.

(Suspenseful music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Suspenseful music)

This neat little passage that
ran alongside the compartments - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This neat little passage that ran alongside the compartments

Shall we have a quick glance at
the centre cuttings underneath? - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Shall we have a quick glance at the centre cuttings undernea...

This simple idea sped up
the entire railways system. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This simple idea sped up the entire railways system.

As trains no longer has to stop
for those so-called, refreshments. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

As trains no longer has to stop for those so-called, refresh...

There is one downside
to this new convenience, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

There is one downside to this new convenience,

And we'll clean all that out, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And we'll clean all that out,

Getting a green
light for the bogies - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Getting a green light for the bogies

But before we can
restore our toilets, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But before we can restore our toilets,

Our gresley runs on bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Our gresley runs on bogies,

Two weeks in and Stephen is
giving this project all he's got. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Two weeks in and Stephen is giving this project all he'...

It's been at least half a century
since anyone has checked them out. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's been at least half a century since anyone has chec...

I'm looking at probably
13, 14 hours a day. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm looking at probably 13, 14 hours a day.

So, the first task we have
is to Jack up the coach - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, the first task we have is to Jack up the coach

And this has been
my 15th day non-stop. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And this has been my 15th day non-stop.

Stephen is 100%
committed to this project. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Stephen is 100% committed to this project.

Carriage fitter Martin Perry is
here to show me how to do it. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Carriage fitter Martin Perry is here to show me how to do it...

I feel I'm like a woman without a
husband for a couple of months. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I feel I'm like a woman without a husband for a couple ...

So far, I've had
massage, acupuncture, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So far, I've had massage, acupuncture,

(Machine whirrs) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Machine whirrs)

Just turned 60, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Just turned 60,

But now after all
those painful hours, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But now after all those painful hours,

We've got the lads on the outside
keeping an eye on the Jacks - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

We've got the lads on the outside keeping an eye on the...

And you can't see much progress, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And you can't see much progress,

It has been claimed that
of all her royal carriages, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It has been claimed that of all her royal carriages,

The one she used to travel
from the bustle of windsor - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The one she used to travel from the bustle of windsor

Everything is easier to look at - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Everything is easier to look at

While the bogies
are being checked, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

While the bogies are being checked,

(Train whistle) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Train whistle)

But being almost solid teak, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But being almost solid teak,

It's far more than just
a piece of royal history, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's far more than just a piece of royal history,

The bad news is that the
huge cast iron bearings - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The bad news is that the huge cast iron bearings

Victoria was crowned
in the age of the horse. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Victoria was crowned in the age of the horse.

When a journey from London to
windsor would have taken a day, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

When a journey from London to windsor would have taken a day...

Unfortunately when we removed
the bogies from the vehicle, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Unfortunately when we removed the bogies from the vehicle,

Travelling the length and breadth
of her realm on the railways, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Travelling the length and breadth of her realm on the railwa...

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Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

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Released: 05 Jun 2018

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