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A retired wallpaper designer has converted the 19th -century train train into a luxury AirBNB stay at a former railway station.
68 -year -old Nigel Brook lives in an old train station in England, where he has restored a great Western railway train since 1895.
Although trains stopped passing through the region in the 1950s, guests today can book a night in a vintage train for Brooke’s $ 35,000 restoration project.
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“It’s beautiful, and it’s quite unique here,” Brooke said, as the news agency SWNS said.
The outer has been re -painted using the original colors obtained from historical railway paintings, while the interior includes period wallpapers, a bed and a stove.
A person has converted the 19th -century train train into a luxury AirBNB stay at a former railway station. (William Lely / SWNS)
Brooke said, “I designed all the internal decorations, but it was led by the original pieces that I got during the restoration.”
The train originally moved to a metropolitan railway line before decreasing in 1940.
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“It was just chocolate brown everywhere,” he told SWNS. “It became a worker’s car, somewhere stable.”
“It is beautiful, and it is quite unique here.”
Brooke bought a car for about $ 10,000. He said that he was rushed to his present place by road, he said.
It now stands on the concrete walls built to align it with the station platform, providing step-free access to guests.
Guests can book a night for $ 260 in the vintage vehicle a night, thanks to an ambitious restoration project by Nigel Brook shown on the right. (William Lely / SWNS)
“One side was covered in tin – which would have been placed there in the 50s or 40s to save from one side,” he said.
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Despite the age of the structure, most of the original oak frame was in good condition.
Brooke told SWNS, “What I had to do was carefully unloading each piece that was rotten and repeated and rebuilt it, using the original bits,” Brooke told SWNS.
Brooke said, “What I had to do was carefully removing each piece that was rotten and repeated and rebuilt it, using the original bits,” Brooke said. (William Lely / SWNS)
He said, “This is quite early, 1895, for a car – it is happening at that age if they have not been restored,” he said.
“It will be good for a long time.”
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Brooke originally bought the station in the 1980s when he was in the 30s. He said that he was lucky to find such a historical property.
Brooke originally bought the station in the 1980s when he was in his 30s and said he was lucky to find such a historical property. (William Lely / SWNS)
“I was very lucky to acquire such a good old historical building,” he said.
AirbNB offering has proved popular with guests who are ready for its attraction and railway heritage, SWNS said.
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Brook is now planning to expand its offer by converting the old waiting room of the station with an enclosed bathroom in an additional guest place.
Brooke’s AirBNB has proved to be popular with its attraction and guests designed for railway heritage. (William Lely / SWNS)
He said, “I can change a waiting room with an attachment to an AirBNB, so when people live in this car, if they have found friends, they can stay in the waiting room in the station house,” he said.
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“People consider it completely. There is a lot of history here,” Brooke told SWNS.
“People consider it completely. There is a lot of history here,” Brooke said. (William Lely / SWNS)
SWNS reported that the restored vehicle is already drawing interest from passengers eager to experience a piece of the past in the vintage luxury.
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