Where can I buy an old train carriage?

[Signalboxnotabarn]

So, back story, I live in a signal box and currently building an extension on the side. I’d love to have an old wooden carriage to add to the decor outside.

Anyone know where I can purchase one please? Happy to do it up if needed.

[Gary C]

https://www.easternrailservices.co.uk/sales.htm

https://www.romicgroup.com/rolling-stock/passenger...

[ferret50]

Do the trains keep you awake at night?

[Simpo Two]

I would contact railway museums and see if they have anything spare they want to sell.

[Gary29]

Gary C said:

https://www.romicgroup.com/rolling-stock/passenger...

Anyone able to put a very rough ball park figure on what one might need to pay to purchase something like that? I'd have ZERO idea at hazarding any kind of guess?

Are we talking £10K or £100K? Guessing it's not a cheap thing to move either.

[droopsnoot]

The auction at Llangollen the other year suggested a guide price of £20k-£25k for their coaches, which were earlier Mk1 rather than the ones in the link. The results weren't published and there is talk that the prices raised were much higher than expected.

[808 Estate]

https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/surplus.html

[mikef]

Gary C said:

https://www.easternrailservices.co.uk/sales.htm

You can smell that corridor carriage just from the pictures

[miniman]

I have nowhere to put it, no money to buy it, no way to transport it and nothing to use it for, but I really want a Mk3 coach, ideally a buffet.

[Tony1963]

I bet the transportation costs could easily mount up.

[Simpo Two]

Note that the OP wants an old wooden carriage.

Here's one I found at Wells station in Norfolk a few years ago:

[hidetheelephants]

Simpo Two said:

Note that the OP wants an old wooden carriage.

Here's one I found at Wells station in Norfolk a few years ago:

This is the problem; any remaining pre-nationalisation rolling stock is either knackered like this or in use/under expensive and painstaking restoration on a heritage railway. The chances of finding something as the OP describes are low cheap or not, a Pacer body is likely the only cheap thing available. Freight vans do turn up occasionally and being smaller are a lot easier and cheaper to move, but given most were repurposed as cheap sheds they often need a lot of work to even make them safe to move.

[fooman]

I had a tour of the engine yard at North Yorkshire Moors Railway there was a load of rolling stock in various states of disrepair, the guide indicated they were open to offers but it was mainly wrecked stuff they don't have the time or money to fix.

[Wheel Turned Out]

How much restoration are you willing to put up with

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176241050834?_skw=railw...

[bobthemonkey]

Tony1963 said:

I bet the transportation costs could easily mount up.

https://allelys.co.uk/sectors/rail/ If you do need it moved…

[hidetheelephants]

Wheel Turned Out said:

How much restoration are you willing to put up with

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176241050834?_skw=railw...

They're stretching the meaning of the term carriage quite far, it looks like a parcel van.

[s p a c e m a n]

bobthemonkey said:

Tony1963 said:

I bet the transportation costs could easily mount up.

https://allelys.co.uk/sectors/rail/ If you do need it moved…

If you're just moving an old wooden one and it weighs less than 12 tonne lynch would be a better option.

https://share.google/aYEMSDcA8mvb6mv0d

[anonymous-user]

OP, you’d be better off building one yourself! Particularly if you just want the body of one at ground level and aren’t too fussed about is being sat on wheels etc.

[markymarkthree]

Would love to see a photo or two of your "signalbox home".

[MonkeyBusiness]

markymarkthree said:

Would love to see a photo or two of your "signalbox home".

Surprised no one else has asked. Me too!