Good evening, It’s been a couple of months since I have written a volunteer diary entry on my experiences working on Canadian Pacific but with most of the work focused around cleaning the frames and various components on the locomotive it seemed sensible to hold fire until I have something actually interesting to report. The big…
Nigel Kendall http://www.steamweb.net Following the bad weather the South of England is having at the moment I thought this photo of Canadian Pacific in the snow was well-suited. In the horrendous winter of 62/63 35005 thunders up through New Milton with a Bournemouth to Waterloo 2-hour express. The steam effect is enhanced by another fast-disappearing…
Happy New Year to my loyal followers of my volunteer diaries! I would like to start this diary entry with a great big thank you to everyone who has been reading my diary entries over the last couple of months as they have proved to be far more popular than I ever imagined. A big…
We start this diary entry with this lovely photo of 35005 by Alex ‘Mac’ McClymont. It shows Canadian Pacific in her rebuilt condition languishing in the sunshine on an Eastleigh open day in the early 1960s. She looks stunning and so she should, having not long been in her rebuilt condition. It’s great to know…
Image Owned by Alre Images http://www.flickr.com/photos/arleimages/5839535798/in/set-72157626851826181 We are back!! I am starting this blog with something rather special as I have been kindly allowed by Steve of Alre Images to post a couple of photos of Canadian Pacific (CP). In the first photo we have her leaving Portsmouth in 2003 which is appealing for me…
Canadian Pacific standing in Eastleigh Works This part two in my series of blog posts that you can keep track of in a new dedicated web page (click here to view). It’s been two weeks since I was last able to work on 35005 Canadian Pacific due to my daughter’s birthday and work commitments but…
Whilst the Great Gathering event was taking place in York, another ex-LNER locomotives were unable to join in with the celeberations. The Flying Scotsman, the world’s most famous steam locomotive could be seen in the NRM workshops. Withdrawn from service in 2006; the Flying Scotsman has been undergoing one of the most controversial restorations of…
Loco Yard 