Winter and Spring working on the EVFR
John and Peter working on the signal lights Hi there It always seems a quiet time of year but we have kept ourselves occupied with a variety of tasks that we didn’t get round to yet, such as sorting our tools so we have a set in the tool van and a good […]
Dull January Days !
Hi there Well the days do seem to be getting longer so maybe Spring is just around the corner ????? We are keeping busy ish with one or two jobs around the railway. Keith and Peter have started to take in the point levers to give them a good clean and a repaint, with each […]
Merry Christmas !!
We would like to wish you and your families a Very Merry Christmas and let’s hope for a Healthy and Prosperous New Year with lots of trains of whatever size! Take care From all the Boys and Girls at the EVFR
Annual meeting and Running Day
Hi there Last Saturday (19th Nov) saw us having our annual meeting to bring our members up to date with our finances and jobs to be done. All is looking good and once the ‘meeting’ was concluded and we had had a cuppa and some ‘nibbles’ , we got some trains […]
Very good day on the EVFR !
Ray had a ride round with Keith and JP behind ‘Isabel’; Hi there we had a great day on Saturday when we had another running day. In the morning Brian B came over with his good lady (Wroxham shopping??) and successfully tested ‘Isabel’ and ‘Bronwyn’ for us, so they can remain ‘in ticket’ ,so we […]
An ‘environmentally friendly ‘ day on the EVFR !
Hi there We had a lovely running day on Saturday (20th August), when we ran only battery electric locos as a precaution against fire as we have had no rain to speak of here and everything is still tinder dry. So we ran ‘Chieftain, ‘Viceroy’ and the Class 08 with all of our rolling stock […]
All good on the EVFR
Preparing the locos on 16th Running Day Hi, not a lot to report for July, we had a good running day on the 16th when we steamed ‘isabel’ and […]
EVFR latest !
Locos being prepared for Running on 18th June We have been busy since our last post, did we mention that we planned to install a turntable to enable stock to be turned allowing us to run trains in both directions ? Well,we are pleased to tell that the work is well advanced as the photos […]
May running day
Hi, we decided to have a break from ‘work’ things and have a running day on Saturday 21st, which was excellent. The weather was good and all the trains behaved themselves, any problems being driver ones, (like a certain bloke who shall be nameless, but you know who it was! , who let ‘Bronwyn’s fire […]
Happy Running day
John with ‘Bronwyn’ Hi there, on Saturday we had our first running day for 2022 which was very enjoyable with a lovely sunny day and plenty of trains. We steamed up ‘Bronwyn’ and ‘Isabel’ with both having excellent runs with no problems. ‘Viceroy’ was out as was ‘Chieftain ‘and the ‘Shay ‘ had a good […]