This Glasgow and South Western third class was built to Peter Drummond's designs in 1914. It awaits restoration but is relatively complete though in need of much renovation

Another view of the GSWR carriage

The other end of the Drummond third, showing some significant but repairable damage to the mainframe

Thompson's LNER postwar steel-bodied carriages were scumbled to resemble the traditional varnished teak. This finish has been recreated with amazing skill and creativity by one of the SRPS's painters

End view of the LNER open third

This shows the glass-like finish being achieved in the ongoing restoration of LNER Gresley buffet car No. 644. A truly remarkable job is being done here.

The SRPS has in its keeping a very rare survivor of the Ashbury company's four-wheel stock built for the NBR: a 22' 8" four-compartment originally built as a 2nd class, then downgraded to third

Unfortunately the Ashbury was squeezed against a shed wall, requiring some awkward photo angles

A photo taken without flash to show more of the detail of the wooden bodywork

The survival of the teak bodies of these ancient carriages, exposed to the elements for decades as 'bothies', is remarbkable: the mouldings and ventilators are in quite fair condition and very restorable

The SRPS's NBR saloon has travelled in railtours since preservation but is now receiving some care and attention. This unique vehicle has a complicated history

Detail view of door and ventilator: compare with the SRPS carriage

These photos of an Ashbury third date not from 2008 but the early 1970s: for comparison with the SRPS carriage they show the body of one of the once-numerous Ashbury 25' open thirds that was used as a store at Markinch. Regrettably it was burned out a few years later

Side views of the Ashbury third had to be taken in sections because of an inconvenient fence

The right-hand view of the open third

This wheelset from a NBR carriage chassis illustrates the construction of the wooden-centred Mansell wheels so widely used in late 19th-century carriages

This shows the interior of the Mansell wheelset