Today we have a short video showing the manufacture of a component for the brake gear of Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific by Alfie Lloyd in the Watercress Line’s machine shop. Please visit http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac for more details on the project and click here to donate and help complete the good work. Filmed by Alfie Lloyd,…
Today we have a short video showing restoration progress of Bulleid Open Third carriage 1456, from images taken over several months up until March 2016, all condensed into a few seconds. This is part of the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Canadian Pacific’ Project. These shots were taken and edited by Senior Trainee Ali Steele. Please visit http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac for more details on the…
An update on progress of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific Project has been published. Work continues in cleaning the driving wheels (that reveals something of interest), the frame extensions are straightened and the bufferbeam support welding repair is completed. Please click on the following link to read the report in full: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/wheely-interesting Please help support the Canadian…
Today is International Womens Day and as part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific Project we have a very special article that looks at some of the earliest women to work on railways. It is fascinating to read the level of inequality in society at the time – women had to masquerade as men and…
As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific Project, we are researching and exploring the social history of the railway covering a wide range of topics. The following link provides a fascinating insight into the Southern Railway Orphanage at Woking. That’s right, there’s more to railways than trains! http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/the-childrens-orphanage Photographs provided by Roy Smith and the Bishopstoke History Society…
The latest update from the Mid-Hants Railway’s carriage shop has been posted, that includes progress on Bulleid Open Third 1456 (part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific project) – go to – http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/carriage-shop-update-february-2016 to read more.
A new blog post detailing progress on the Heritage Lottery Funded Canadian Pacific project has been published. Please click on the following link to read more: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpac-overhaul-update-feb-2016
This is the Watercress Line’s official video (produced by Nic Greene) that gives a brief history of Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific. Enjoy!
The Watercress Line’s flagship steam locomotive, Merchant Navy class no. 35005 Canadian Pacific, is currently undergoing a full overhaul at Eastleigh works. Although the railway has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, they still need to raise a further £200,000. Please help return CanPac to working order. Go to http://www.watercresslinepayments.co.uk/product.php/15/no__35005_canadian_pacific to donate and http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac to keep up…
The latest blog post from the Watercress Line’s carriage shop has been published, including an update of the restoration of Bulleid coach 1456, one of two Bulleid designed passenger carriages being restored as part of the Canadian Pacific Project. To read the update please click on the link below: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/whats-brewing-in-the-carriage-shop
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