Croeso ‘Bronwyn’
We’ve recently welcomed a new (well nearly) Hunslet loco to the EVFR .This lovely little loco has been here a while (aka ‘Lucille’),but has recently had a bit of a makeover with John, Keith ,Kevin and Ben’s help. The work included replacing the firebox cladding, cleaning the safety valves, resetting the cylinder drain valves, cleaning […]
and into February !
Hi We (John and Brian), were pleased yesterday to be able to reconnect the final few panels of the nine that we took up to refurbish along the old ‘Tunnel’ section and it’s looking good, a nice flowing curve. We can now top up the ballast and level it all through…… then we can run […]
Busy January !
Hi there, well the ‘near future’ was nearer than we expected, for the track along the old tunnel section has been lifted and the sleepers were found to be in very good condition. So they were transported to the workshop area where they were checked over and brushed off to get rid of any mud […]
Inside jobs !
The weather was rubbish again on Wednesday so we spent the day inside making up a drilling template to locate the track fixing screws in the right place on the sleepers when making up track panels. We intend to replace the sleepers on the old Tunnel section in the near future once the creosote has […]
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 […]