Date: 31/07/2011

A GOOD tidy up is often a householder’s first thought on taking over a property - but Jo Proudlove was quite unprepared for what her spring cleaning revealed. For what she thought was a ramshackle old shed in the garden of her new home at Lunsford’s Cross, on the outskirts of Bexhill, turned out to be a piece of railway history that set enthusiasts salivating.

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Rare railway find uncovered

Bexhill-on-Sea Observer

A GOOD tidy up is often a householder’s first thought on taking over a property - but Jo Proudlove was quite unprepared for what her spring cleaning revealed.

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Grounded coach body at Saltoun, East Lothian, in 1977.
Location: Saltoun
Company: Gifford and Garvald Light Railway
//1977 Bill Roberton

Bothy, tool store, covered bike shed, office, training room, toilet facility etc.. at one time the highly adaptable 'grounded coach' was a feature of virtually every steam shed. This one (complete with padlock) was located near the south end of the coaling stage at Ferryhill in 1973. Class 40 no 264 can just be seen in the left background.
Location: Ferryhill MPD
Company: Aberdeen Railway
/01/1973 John McIntyre

A long - grounded coach, presumably once a resident of the old goods yard, lies in what is now a back garden at Kippen on 11 October. I suspect the absence of a Not to be moved plate is nonetheless still in contravention of current Health & Safety regulations.
Location: Kippen
Company: Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
11/10/2007 John Furnevel