The Watercress Line’s carriage shop has published a blog post on progress on Bulleid coach 1456, part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific project. Full details can be found at: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/around-the-world-in-80-railways-carriage-shop-blog-21-12-15 Picture credit: Ali Steele
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
An update on the overhaul of Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific has been published. Please go to http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpac-overhaul-update-november-2015 to read more!
As part of our Heritage Lottery Funded project to restore 35005 Canadian Pacific to working order, we are sending out a plea to any enthusiasts who have any pictures or video clips of our Merchant Navy class locomotive. This could be at any point of the locomotive’s life from when it was built in 1941 through to…
A new blog post looking at Work Placements for Jobseekers on the Canadian Pacific Project has been published. Click on the link below or on the image above (courtesy of Sue Dixon) to read it! http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/jcp-work-placements
Tonight we have a quick blog post, just to say that the Canadian Pacific project can be found in this months edition of Steam Railway magazine! It’s great to see our CanPac in print and hope it helps attract support and donations for the project. The magazine this month has a “Big Engines” theme and includes an…
A new update of the Canadian Pacific project has been published today – please check out http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpac-project-update to read it in full!
Thanks to the grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, work to return Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific is well underway. However, we still need help and assistance to complete the project and you can assist in a variety of ways. You can support the project through donations of funds or tools, by volunteering your time,…
As the day that I will be working on the CanPac project for the Watercress Line approaches, it has given me a little time to reflect on the last steam locomotive to emerge from Eastleigh’s locomotive works after an overhaul. After spending many (if not all) of its’ preserved life on static display, the National Railway Museum’s…
50 years ago Canadian Pacific was being recoaled and watered at Nine Elms following her morning trip up from Weymouth and was preparing for her return trip. Fresh out of an intermediate overhaul and with electrication being installed on the South West mainline this was going to be her best chance of breaking the…
Loco Yard 