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Mince Pie specials
Richard with ‘Viceroy’ and Andrew Hi there, we thought it would be nice to run a few ‘Mince Pie Special’ trains last Saturday to celebrate Christmas, so the day, which was dull, misty and mostly dry, saw ‘Isabel’, ‘Prospero’ and ‘Viceroy’ out and about with several of us having a drive in the very atmospheric […]
Looking ahead
Peter leaf clearing One of the jobs we need to do on the railway, is to replace the sleepers and edging boards to the old ‘tunnel’ section as the timbers are not in a a good state, as this part of the track was always damp as the water drained down the gradient here and […]
Busy Saturday
The shorter siding with the new route under to the new soakaway seen alongside the wheelbarrow Hi , despite the rubbish cold, very, and wet weather last Saturday, we managed to get quite a lot done. John, Ben, Peter and Richard did some gardening ‘tidying up’ and with the help of a mechanical digger, […]
A good meeting !
On Saturday we held our first EVFR AGM which went very well with our accounts presented and agreed, as were the the members’ subscriptions for the coming year. A brief summary of our projects was outlined and then the meeting was closed with refreshments taken followed by some trains out and about. Lucille,Viceroy and Chieftain […]
Another pleasant Saturday
A nice relaxed day when Susan, our near neighbor, tried her hand at driving locos as she felt like trying something completely different? So during the day under John and Keith’s supervision, she drove ‘Viceroy’, ‘Chieftain’, and then prepared, fired up and drove ‘Isabel’ round the circuit several times. We think she enjoyed the experience […]
Shay overhaul
Keith and Peter lifting the ‘Honda^ out On Saturday we started to dismantle the Shay with a view to replacing the Honda engine which is […]
U3A photographic group visit
On Wednesday 22nd September we welcomed members of the U3A local photographic group, who spent a very interesting afternoon taking a wide variety of photographs of the EVFR, and its members. It was a lovely sunny day and we had a lot of fun with Isabel, The Shay, Viceroy and Chieftain in use. We have […]
Bit of a work day on Saturday !
John, Keith and Peter busy smartening up the Clubroom (I was there too !)
Happy running day on 21st August
We had a very enjoyable and relaxed day last Saturday when no less than five of our locos came out to play. We were pleased to welcome Brian B with Helen and Andy who are looking to construct a 7 1/4 ” railway on a site they are looking now looking for and we […]
Our new station !
We were pleased with our efforts on Wednesday (4th August), when we erected the ‘Ashmanhaugh’ sign , placed the first of two garden seats, and positioned the two planters on the site of our new station in the newly constructed passing loop area .It looks good. It was also good to see Dave Jones […]