Talk:Southend Pier Railway

Third train
I know that there is a third train on the Railway, because I've seen it with my own eyes. It is a single unit railcar. I've found a few peripheral references by googling:


 * http://world.nycsubway.org/world/uk/preserved/southend.html
 * http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3513&st=0&start=0 (search page for Castleline)

but nothing that I would see as a citable reference, and nothing to say when or how it got there, etc. Can anybody help fill this in. -- Starbois (talk) 10:44, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * this is OR (I phoned the pier!), but it might help - it is British, built in 1996, and has a 4hp electric motor powered by lead-acid batteries. It is used only for staff movements.  If I find any more, I'll let you know! regards, Lynbarn (talk) 15:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


 * A 3-axle battery powered single passenger car built by Castleline of Nottingham entered service in November 1995 for winter use; it is numbered 1835, the year that Southend Pier first appeared on Admiralty charts. (from this thread, item 13)


 * Unfortunately 1995 is just a little too early for web-searchable press releases, and forums like that one are not normally regarded as good sources, although that post is pretty professional looking and I'm tempted to chance it and risk a revert. I'm guessing that it was originally bought for winter service (buying a railcar for staff movements on 1.3 mi long pier would seem a little profligate; a bike or two would be a lot cheaper) but it didn't prove successful in that role. But obviously such a guess cannot make it into the article. -- Starbois (talk) 16:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I give up attempting to navigate the absurd bureaucracy of modern wikipedia, but here is everything I can find on the third car. Maybe something is a useful reference

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45898619@N08/16915956259/ http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Southend.html https://www.southendtimeline.com/southendpiertrains.htm (has a popover, can be bypassed with ublock origin, or https://web.archive.org/web/20130716054951/https://www.southendtimeline.com/southendpiertrains.htm

broken links
the prices page is now http://www.southend.gov.uk/info/200306/southend_pier_and_cliff_lift/79/opening_times_ticket_prices_and_pier_train_information --217.44.113.219 (talk • contribs) 00:15, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ - thank you very much for your help. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 02:31, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Preserved 1949 coach
The Lynn Tait Gallery in Leigh had an AC Cars coach recovered from Tal y Cafn. Does anyone know what happened to it after the gallery closed in 2017? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 11:54, 30 January 2022 (UTC)