In what admittedly is probably the longest model railway development in history, things have unsurprisingly been progressing slowly. There are plenty of reasons for this, the most obvious being life getting in the way! But I thought it time for an update anyway. The layout is to be located in a box room – a room…
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The Watercress line have announced that two appropriate visitors will be visiting for next year’s Spring Steam Gala. T9 class 30120 will be returning and will be joined by the Bluebell line’s Q class 30541. Both locomotives are the only survivors of their respective classes and the opportunity to see both side by side will…
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Good evening, Tonight we are looking at something rather special that is often overlooked and forgotten. Commander B is the oldest surviving Hawthorn Leslie locomotive in the world, built in Newcastle works in 1899! She was originally named Newcastle but when she arrived Hollycombe was renamed after the collection’s founder, Cdr. Baldock. The engine was purchased…
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The Watercress Line announced yesterday that their fantastic new Ropley Waiting Shelter has won the Railway Heritage Trust’s ‘Stagecoach Volunteer’s Award’ in London! The shelter was officially opened earlier in the year by Tim Shoveller, Managing Director of South West Trains and volunteer on the railway. It uses decorative cast iron columns and arches from the old Ringwood station…
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As was illustrated in this morning’s Advent Calendar blog post, Canadian Pacific’s boiler has been moved from Eastleigh to Ropley. Read all about it in the following link – preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpacs-boiler-moved-to-ropley
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Loco Yard 