Looking back at the folder for ‘October blog images’ I was surprised to see just how many photos there were in it! It has certainly…
I thought that an update on progress with the restoration of 4085 Dunrobin was timely, with the locomotive having had its hydraulic boiler test this…
Dunrobin’s new dome components arrived recently at Bridgnorth, enabling the boiler reconstruction to be completed. The next steps in the process (after water testing for…
As readers will know, Dunrobin’s restoration is being undertaken at the Severn Valley Railway’s engineering works at Bridgnorth, where exciting progress is being made towards…
This second instalment of April’s Workshop Diary contains some new threads, covering development work associated with Oporto 196, further signage developments and progress reports on…
We are approaching the end of the month of February, and already there seems to be a lot that has taken place this year! When…
It has become customary on this blog to look back at the past year, and also look ahead to some of the projects and developments…
The Duke of Sutherland brake saloon, 58A, is continuing to receive attention in readiness for a return to service in 2025. The old canvas was…
We might just squeeze another report into October, but as this post was getting longer and longer, it seemed prudent to publish and show some…
Last week I made a trip to Bridgnorth for a catch-up session with the Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services team who are carrying out the…
A shorter post this time – but one which hopefully satisfies those with an interest in what we get up to behind the scenes here……
There is lots to report this month. It is also worth noting that we had to cancel the rest of Sir Berkeley’s steaming dates here,…
I think it is fair to say that the blog is becoming more of a monthly newsletter now – and certainly for the T&I posts,…
There is lots to report in this post, across a variety of areas of the team’s activity. There should be more to report next week…
I realise that July is upon us and that I have not done the customary summary of 2022, let alone the look ahead to 2023…
I’ve covered recent progress on Dunrobin’s restoration/overhaul in numerous posts, but being aware of the very specific interest in this locomotive, thought a summary of…
Thank you all of those who have responded regarding the future direction of this blog. For now, at least, and probably for the foreseeable future,…
This post is a bit of a roundup relating to various matters, as it’s been a few weeks since I had time to post on…
Winter continues to bite, with recent snow and rain making ground conditions particularly soft, and the appeal of working outside is seemingly some months away…
It is a short post this week, but with some newsworthy content as projects march forwards. Out on the tramway, a programme of sleeper replacement…
The weeks seem to get shorter and shorter as the year rolls by! The workshops are busy and the work inside is bearing fruit. We…
Happy New Year and welcome to a the first blog post of 2022 (if we exclude the review of 2021, which was started last year…
As has become the annual tradition, I thought a review of the year was timely, and like 2020’s article, it has the inevitable cloud of…
It seems, to me at least, incredible that it is now ten years (this week) since Dunrobin arrived in the UK, following its long overland…
After all the excitement of holding a mini-event last week, here is a post to sweep up a few other developments and to display a…
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