This video from the Heritage Lottery Fund looks at how the National Lottery-funded Mind the Gap scheme has led to eight apprentices working on heritage steam engines for the Watercress Line. This scheme was nominated last year as a finalist in the Best Heritage Project category of the National Lottery Awards. It is reassuring to see…
Tonight we have an update from the Watercress Line’s carriage shop, the first to include Bulleid Coach 4367 that recently been brought to Ropley from Alresford. This is the second carriage in the Canadian Pacific project, that will be followed very closely. Please click on the following link to read more: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/chocks-away Please help support the Canadian…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a great video I came across yesterday featuring LMS carriage 7827. On loan from the National Railway Museum since 2003, this LMS carriage, 7828, has been restored by a dedicated group of volunteers. The carriage was built in 1925 at Derby’s Carriage and Wagon Works on Litchurch Lane.…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at ESNGBlogs final part of his report from the London Festival of Railway Modelling My final post on ‘Ally Pally’ is to look at O gauge, the ‘senior scale.’ There seems to be a vogue for O gauge shunting layouts at present. The Model Railway Club’s Happisburgh Goods (pronounced ‘Haze-burr’)…
Happy Easter to all of you who follow this blog from the Loco Yard team. We wish you all the very best and hope you have a great day, whether you be working, volunteering, or enjoying some time off.
Good evening, Following on from my post looking at the latest news from the 35011 team and Daves post yesterday looking at 35005, tonight I thought I’d turn my attention to the Merchant Navy closest to a return to steam – 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. The first place to start is…
The latest update of the overhaul of 35005 Canadian Pacific has been published, mainly focusing on the riveting of the buffer beam and frame extensions. It also delves a little deeper into finding out why Hadfields is stamped on CanPac’s driving wheels. To read the full blog post, please click on the following link: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/riveting-times-in-eastleigh…
With the withdrawal of 850 Lord Nelson and 34007 Wadebridge due to the expiration of their ten year boiler certificates, the return to service of BR Standard class 4MT 2-6-0 76017 on the Watercress Line is a high priority. Happily, progress is being made, with the boiler (having passed its steam test) being mounted onto the frames…
Part 2 of esngblogs look at the London Festival of Railway Modelling that look place this weekend. As I finish writing this, my thoughts are again with Brussels. What importance is our hobby compared with all that is going on in Belgium, and almost day-by-day around the world? But perhaps this is just the time…
A great look at the Isle of Man Steam Railway Gosh! It came as a surprise to me to find it was 23 years ago we went to the Isle of Man. It was 1993 so we took a couple of teenaged children there. And we spent time on railways! The Isle of Man…
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