Ropley Waiting Shelter wins Railway Heritage Trust’s ‘Stagecoach Volunteer’s Award’

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…

Canadian Pacific’s Boiler Moved!

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

The Love of Steam and Railway Heritage

The image above shows a 65 year old machine from a locomotive class first introduced 70 years ago, a class that would be the basis for the most numerically successful type in the history of railways in the UK.  21 of this locomotive’s 60 year-long commercial career was spent serving British Railways.  Next to it is a steam engine…

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year…

At 6AM GMT everyday starting from 1st December and until the 24th December we will publish a new railway themed Christmas photograph, each time hiding behind the locoyard engine shed doors!  Click on the image above for a taster!  As we did last year, we are looking for contributions. If you have a winter themed railway (real…