November update
Hi there Well how time flies, can’t believe its almost December and that means another year nearly gone ! But it’s been a very good year on our railway with plenty going on and a very warm and friendly atmosphere with everyone involved. So in anticipation of some cold weather as winter draws near, we […]
Great Running day !
Locos being prepared with much ‘mardling’ ! Hi On Saturday 14th October we enjoyed a very good running day, although there was a very cool wind , we put on our warmer clothes and had a good day with ‘Prospero’, ‘Isabel’, ‘Chieftain’ and the ‘Shay’, all performing […]
September time
Hi there Plenty going on at the moment with most efforts being concentrated on the signal installation work. Cable ducts have been laid from the carriage shed to the platform and the two signals at the platform have been installed, wired up, tested and working fine. The track detection sections at the station are also […]
August running day
Hi there What a lovely day we had at our running day on Saturday. Excellent weather, good company and some brilliant running of trains. John, Keith, Brian, Richard and myself were there to set everything up. Later on we had Dave with his son Andrew, Stuart with Isaac. Ben joined us for a while, and […]
August activity
Hi Well we have been quite busy this month dodging the showers, nevertheless, excellent progess has been made on our extended layby loop. The track is all laid now,connected and laid more or less to level. We have put the top ballast layer on the outside and between the rails, but we have had to […]
Excellent Running day on 15th July
Hi We planned a running day on 15th and despite the awful weather forecast we went ahead with it and did ok. We managed to get ‘Bronwyn’, ‘Isabel’ , and ‘Prospero’ steamed up and they all had good runs with Keith, Brian , Isaac and Peter (and Andrew) having drives. The ‘Shay’ and ‘Chieftain’ were […]
June activity
Hi there, just a quick update to let you know that progress on our ‘tunnel loop’ extension is coming on well. John has been busy making up more track sections for the loop and the first new crossover point is laid in. John has also tweaked the second crossover point which is now connected and […]
Cracking on !
Hi there, well we have surprised ourselves again as we have really got into the creation of our longer, layby, passing loop, with a vengeance…Peter and Brian got things started whilst John and Keith were away, by breaking out the concrete crossing , phew, hard was it ? yes !!! […]
Maytime
Steaming up Hi We decided to have a ‘Coronation specials’ running day on 6th May, and so ‘Isabel’, ‘The Shay’, ‘Chieftain’ and ‘Prospero’ all did their bit to celebrate the King’s Coronation. Isaac was particularly pleased to learn a bit more about firing and driving ‘Prospero’, and was a very happy Boy! Isaac driving ‘Prospero’ […]
First 2023 Running day
Hi We had our first, fairly low key running day on Saturday 8th April when ‘Bronwyn’ ‘Prospero’, ‘Chieftain’, ‘Viceroy’ , the ‘Class 08’ and ‘The Shay’ all came out to play. (maybe not so low key !!!) John, Keith and Brian B with ‘Bronwyn’ Peter’s family visited and they all enjoyed themselves having plenty of […]