We have spent the last couple of days in Inverness. Why does THAT song come into my head whenever I think of Inverness?
Anyway, we went to the Speyside Railway at Aviemore to see 'our' wagon and decide if we really wanted to transport it all the way to Settle to be restored and to sit on our bit of track. Speyside's Keith Holyland met us and showed us the wagon - and it did not disappoint. It will be a restoration project for sure but all the bits are there and the wooden frame is not at all bad. We have decided to 'go for it'.
It turns out to have been made by Charles Roberts & Co Ltd of Wakefield so in some sense it would be coming home to Yorkshire at least. Roberts's made railway wagons from 1899. We may never know the age of this one but it is old. By way of motivation, here is a link to a Charles Roberts wagon that has been restored:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horbury_Wagon.jpg
All we have to do now is arrange cranes and transport. Watch this space.
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