Gangway Diaphragm

Courtesy of Mark Stovold, these views show the seamstresses hard at work cutting out the components for new sets of gangway diaphrams for LNERCA coaches.These are similar to those already fitted to 3669 in the background. The material is neoprene rubber and the cutting out is the easy bit. These sections form the roof of the diaphragm. 3669's bellows consist of four sheets of neoprene.