9th February 2011 David Young, as ever, has been busy! Not only has he produced a heap of patterns for Lewin, he is now well…
9th February 2011 Here are some views of the main line railways around Cranbrook and Fort Steele showing just how large their locomotives and trains…
9th February 2011 Here is a selection of views taken around the Open Air Museum at Fort Steele. The location must be one of the…
5th February 2011 Well, I’m sat I’m sat here in Canada at the end of a rewarding trip to meet Dunrobin and the HR coach,…
31st January 2011 David Young has been very busy. Work on patterns for Lewin has taken much of his time, though he is now involved…
27th January 2010 Here is a bit of fun – click on the link below for a time-lapse film showing one of the Christmas evenings,…
26th January 2011 A quick foray around the site with what’s been happening over this week and late last week… Below: The contractors are all…
20th January 2011 Below: Following on from the earlier report on Coffee Pot, here is a shot of one of the new slide valves in…
20th January 2011 This afternoon Phil and James from the Lancastrian Transport Trust arrived with a trolleypole for 703/101. Due to its length, they devised…
19th January 2011 Here are some views taken in the Colliery Engine Works earlier today… Below: Two views of the flat-chaldron, complete with wheeled chassis…
19th January 2011 We have recently entered into an agreement with the East Anglian Transport Museum to loan them Sheffield ‘Roberts’ tram No.513. Built in…
18th January 2011 Yesterday Stuart and I were in Norfolk to see the final steam test, and first test runs, of the Y7. This LNER…
13th January 2011 Following on from the highly successful mid-life refresh of Blackpool 31 last winter, we are now undertaking a similar job on Newcastle…
11th January 2011 Below: A haul of vending machines arrived, cleaned, from our off-site store. A selection will be moving to a new home, whilst…
11th January 2011 In a sort of Haynes Manual style, here is a sequence of photos showing Dave Young and I removing Coffee Pot’s slide…
10th January 2011 At Bowes, the final assembly of the woodshed for the colliery railway is progressing, with the frame now erected and awaiting cladding….
10th January 2011 Happy New Year to all blog readers! The Christmas period, whilst frozen and icy has seen progress on a number of projects,…
20th December 2010 Well, we are drawing to the close of another year and a quick look back through the blog shows this was probably…
17th December 2010 We are delighted to announce that after over 12 months of work and discussion we have agreed to purchase Dunrobin, the Sharp…
17th December 2010 Down in the (very!) cold Colliery Engine Works, Alan Milburn is making good progress on the chaldron ‘flat’ waggon, a barrier vehicle…
17th December 2010 Here are some views of the Fish and Chip shop, now that the snow has (to some extent!) cleared and enabled work…
16th December 2010 Adams Patent Car Elevator Some reference has been made on this blog before to the Adams Patent Car Elevator purchased recently by…
16th December 2010 Despite yet more snow falling, various projects are still underway. As a sample of what we are doing, here is a brief…
17th December 2010 We are delighted to announce that after over 12 months of work and discussion we have agreed to purchase Dunrobin, the Sharp…
15th December 2010 Work at the RMS continues in connection with the forthcoming movement of collections. In order to provide additional storage space a new…
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