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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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(Cheerful music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Cheerful music)

I'm never happier than
when I'm tinkering away - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm never happier than when I'm tinkering away

Signals, stations, sidings,
old carriages, new carriages. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Signals, stations, sidings, old carriages, new carriages.

Peter (voiceover):
I'm Peter snow - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Peter (voiceover): I'm Peter snow

I enjoy mixing different
carriages from different eras, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I enjoy mixing different carriages from different eras,

Which got me thinking
what if I could do this for real? - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Which got me thinking what if I could do this for real?

For me and my partner in crime,
engineering whizz kid Henry Cole, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

For me and my partner in crime, engineering whizz kid Henry ...

In order to delve into
the history of the railways, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

In order to delve into the history of the railways,

Henry (voiceover): We're
getting together a band - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Henry (voiceover): We're getting together a band

Each group will bring back to
life a carriage from a different era. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Each group will bring back to life a carriage from a differe...

From an 1860s four-Wheeler
to a 1960s Pullman dining car. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

From an 1860s four-Wheeler to a 1960s Pullman dining car.

We'll even restore a royal
carriage and a teak monster - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

We'll even restore a royal carriage and a teak monster

And I'll explore what it
was like for the passengers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And I'll explore what it was like for the passengers

It's so luxurious, you know,
it is fit for a queen, isn't it? - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's so luxurious, you know, it is fit for a queen, isn...

We've challenged all our restorers
to complete their work in six months - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

We've challenged all our restorers to complete their wo...

So, I can take our unique train
on her first incredible journey. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, I can take our unique train on her first incredible jour...

This is the beautiful llangollen
railway in north wales. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This is the beautiful llangollen railway in north wales.

Once one of the remotest
parts of the British isles. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Once one of the remotest parts of the British isles.

But in the victorian heyday, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But in the victorian heyday,

Trains linked Welsh farmers
fields with the markets of London - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Trains linked Welsh farmers fields with the markets of Londo...

Lots of people think the
golden age of the railways - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Lots of people think the golden age of the railways

But for me, the golden
age was earlier than that, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But for me, the golden age was earlier than that,

Its tunnels boring through
whole mountain ranges - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Its tunnels boring through whole mountain ranges

The year this carriage
was built, 1912, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The year this carriage was built, 1912,

Over one and a
half billion journeys - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Over one and a half billion journeys

And what's more
even if you'd only paid - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And what's more even if you'd only paid

The humble coach had changed - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The humble coach had changed

Built in 1912 by Nigel gresley, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Built in 1912 by Nigel gresley,

This carriage - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's known by the
rather technical name - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's known by the rather technical name

And this is the team
taking on the challenge - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And this is the team taking on the challenge

The driving force is Peter lund, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The driving force is Peter lund,

You know, I'm retired I could
spend my life playing golf. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

You know, I'm retired I could spend my life playing gol...

But it's an awful big thing - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But it's an awful big thing

He'll be backed up by the
llangollen railways team. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

He'll be backed up by the llangollen railways team.

12 engineers,
apprentices and volunteers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

12 engineers, apprentices and volunteers

Martin Perry started as
an apprentice of the railway - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Martin Perry started as an apprentice of the railway

When you're restoring coaches
one of the jobs which is annoying - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

When you're restoring coaches one of the jobs which is ...

Normally it would
take them two years - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Normally it would take them two years

This is the 1912 great northern
brake composite carriage. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This is the 1912 great northern brake composite carriage.

They'll be loose tables and
chairs and a very plush carpet. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

They'll be loose tables and chairs and a very plush car...

That's the handbrake which
the guard would operate. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

That's the handbrake which the guard would operate.

The guard can lift
that in an emergency - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The guard can lift that in an emergency

Our carriage is called
a brake composite - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Our carriage is called a brake composite

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

The composite carriage allowed railway companies

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...

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

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

This is the kind of thing I can remember

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

That's right, you can see here

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

The one over there is harrogate

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

To make the carriage accessible,

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...

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

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

I'm looking forward to seeing it finished Peter,

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...

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

Now, in victorian times

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

Originally, there were no toilets onboard the carriages.

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

Everyone was crammed into these compartments

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,

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

Can you imagine 300 people getting off the train,

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,

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,

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,

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.

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

This neat little passage that ran alongside the compartments

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,

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,

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...

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

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...

(Machine whirrs) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Machine whirrs)

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...

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,

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

But being almost solid teak,

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

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

Unfortunately when we removed the bogies from the vehicle,

These castings get damaged - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

These castings get damaged

With the team unable to
move the carriage indoors - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

With the team unable to move the carriage indoors

It's a serious setback
so early on in the process. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's a serious setback so early on in the process.

By the 1860s, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

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Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

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