Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
Restoration of a Wickham Trolley
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Tim Hamilton and John Brewerton are restoring a Wickham Trolley at Leeming Bar during 2023. This trolley suffered an accident a number of years ago and has been languishing at Leeming Bar in a very poor state in many pieces ever since.
Wickham trolleys were very useful for the track maintenance teams when doing work along the line. However due to several deficiencies in the design compared to modern standards - eg. wooden brakes, it has now been decided not to use it on the line, but instead to have it as a museum piece located in an original Wickham Trolley shed at Scruton.
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Installation of the wiring in the restored Wickham Trolley (12/12/2023)
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Installation of the wiring in the restored Wickham Trolley (12/12/2023)
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Installation of the wiring in the restored Wickham Trolley (12/12/2023)
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Installation of the wiring going down to the control panel in the restored Wickham Trolley (12/12/2023)
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The Wickham trolley looking pretty good (12/12/2023)
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The Wickham Trolley now has a roof (19/12/2023)
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The Wickham Trolley now has a roof (19/12/2023)
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The Wickham Trolley now has a roof (19/12/2023)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues (09/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues (16/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues - Here an internal light has been fitted (16/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues (16/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues (23/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues (23/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues - Windscreen wipers have been fitted at both ends and glass panels are ready for fitting in the end windows (30/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues - One of the windscreen wipers which have been fitted (30/01/2024)
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Installation of the wiring in the restored Wickham Trolley (05/12/2023)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues - The front of the control panel getting ready to wired up. (30/01/2024)
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The restoration of the Wickham trolley continues - The rear of the control panel. (30/01/2024)
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The control panel for the Wickham Tolley is being worked on (06/02/2024)
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The Wickham trolley is now starting to look good (06/02/2024)
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The fibreglass cover for the engine of the Wickham Trolley has been painted (13/02/2024)
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The control panel for the Wickham trolley has been fitted into position and is being wired up (13/02/2024)
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The control panel for the Wickham trolley has been fitted into position and is being wired up (13/02/2024)
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Some push buttons for the Wickham trolley (13/02/2024)
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The Wickham trolley is now starting to look good. Still needs some final touches and glass to be fitted in the end windows (27/02/2024)
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The Wickham trolley now has glazing fitted at one end (29/03/2024)
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The Wickham trolley now has glazing fitted at one end (29/03/2024)
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The glazing rubber surround in the process of being fitted to the Wickham trolley (29/03/2024)
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Restoration work on the Wickham trolley continues. The plastic tarpaulin for side protection has now been fitted. Currently rolled up, it can be dropped down whenever it is needed. (16/04/2024)
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Restoration work on the Wickham trolley continues. The plastic tarpaulin for side protection has now been fitted. Currently rolled up, it can be dropped down whenever it is needed. (16/04/2024)
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Restoration work on the Wickham trolley continues. The trolley has been cleaned up and tidied in readiness for our Model Rail Exhibition (30/04/2024)
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The Wickham trolley is nearing completion (11/06/2024)
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The engine cover for the Wickham Trolley has been painted (11/06/2024)
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Restoration of the Wickham trolley is now nearing completion (16/07/2024)
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Restoration of the Wickham trolley is now nearing completion (16/07/2024)
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Restoration of the Wickham trolley is now nearing completion (16/07/2024)
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Restoration of the Wickham trolley is now nearing completion (30/07/2024)
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Restoration of the Wickham trolley is now nearing completion (30/07/2024)
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Work on the Wickham trolley is slowly progressing (27/08/2024)
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The Wickham trolley is nearing completion. The front windows are now glazed. Perspex had to be used for this end as the frame was too distorted to allow glass to be used. (26/09/2024)
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A towing hitch is being fitted to the Wickham Trolley (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley now has a nice two tone horn (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - view of the direction change level (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - view of the gear lever and the direction change level (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - The handbrake lever (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - the sand box. Sand is used to increase the adhesion of the wheels to the track. Sand is fed to near the wheels through pipes when required (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - Part of the brake linkages. The brakes are actually wooden block which press against the tread of the wheels (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - The sand hopper and the brake linkages below (26/09/2024)
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The Wickham Trolley - The sand hopper and the brake linkages below (26/09/2024)
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The engine of the Wickham trolley. It is a standard Ford engine (08/10/2024)
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The engine of the Wickham trolley. It is a standard Ford engine (08/10/2024)
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The Wickham trolley - work being carried out on its engine (11/03/2025)
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The Wickham trolley - work being carried out on its engine (11/03/2025)
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The Wickham trolley - not sure what this is below the seat (11/03/2025)
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The Wickham trolley - with it tarpaulin sides down (18/03/2025)
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The Wickham trolley - with it tarpaulin sides down (25/03/2025)
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The restoration of the Wickham Trolley is now more or less complete (22/04/2025)
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The Wickham trolley in the Maintenance shed - Its restoration is now nearly complete (27/05/2025)
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The Wickham trolley is now complete and looking very nice (12/08/2025)
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It has been decided that the Wickham trolley will not be used for work purposes due to the difficulty in making it compliant - especially the brakes. It will instead be exhibited in the original Wickham shed at Scruton. This will make it a very rare feature - A Wickham trolley in an original Whickham shed. Here the rear seat back has now been replaced with an original and the bench been replaced with a matching piece. (24/02/2026)
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It has been decided that the Wickham trolley won't be actually used on our line, but will instead be a museum piece located in an original Wickham trolley shed at Scruton. Here the wooden seating has been changed to look original (03/03/2026)
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It has been decided that the Wickham trolley won't be actually used on our line, but will instead be a museum piece located in an original Wickham trolley shed at Scruton. Here the wooden seating has been changed to look original. The wood underneath the rear window is now an original (31/03/2026)
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It has been decided that the Wickham trolley won't be actually used on our line, but will instead be a museum piece located in an original Wickham trolley shed at Scruton. Here the wooden seating has been changed to look original. The wood underneath the rear window is now an original (31/03/2026)
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