Hi Mike, I have just joined WT and have stumbled over your veritable goldmine of information on Gresley carriages, which I have been absorbing like blotting paper. It really is a brilliant resource and many thanks for posting all this information up.
One area I am puzzled by, and which you don’t seem to have covered yet, is footboards; their depth and width. Some seem to be full length along the whole solebar whilst others seem to be fitted just under the doors. What was the rule on these (I think I read somewhere that turnbuckle underframes had full length but angle iron a series of short ones to fit under the doors)? I should be very grateful for any help you could offer here.
Many thanks
Nigel