Monthly Archives: October 2009

Sunday last combined a visit to family with the chance to go over to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley Locomotive Works. This had two purposes, to assess the number of parts from 46229 left over after the streamlining to … Continue reading →

…but the work carries on! Richard and his team in the workshop at Shildon are busy taking the steam crane apart; here’s Johnny grinding off one of the bolts that held the buffer beam on (now removed for replacement) Furness … Continue reading →

Having arranged for Furness 20 to go on holiday to York, it finally left Shildon yesterday and landed at York in the early afternoon. It’ll be back at Locomotion in time to run at our “Cab It” weekend on 7-8 … Continue reading →

Across town in Shildon are the premises of Rail Restorations North East, situated in part of the old works. A partnership between Dave Foxton and Dr Mike Wood, it has established a name for itself in carriage and wagon work … Continue reading →

Sadly the visit to Amberley on Monday did not materialise, and after a couple of days off at the beginning of this week, Wednesday was a Shildon day, highlight being the visit of Richard Gibbon to assess the Merlin Loco … Continue reading →

After the Isle of Wight, I travelled to the Hollycombe Steam Collection on the Sunday, where drizzle replaced sun, but the welcome was no less warm. The collection here is nationally significant, particularly the steam fairground, with some unique rides … Continue reading →

This weekend was spent on business in the South of England, one call was a loan check on the Isle of Wight on our LBSCR cattle van which is on the Steam Railway at Havenstreet. I’d never been over before, … Continue reading →

Last Thursday night saw the end of the big shunt to get Sans Pareil out of the workshop and put the steam crane in. Here’s 03 090 about to pull a set of wagons out to allow access to the … Continue reading →

Well, we got the second part of the big shunt finished safely on time tonight, thanks to the team including Ray Towell, who came up from York to help. Another reason to move things around was that on this Sunday, … Continue reading →

Being a member of NRM staff, I attend meetings at York and undertake research along with catching up with staff on a regular basis at least once a week. Taking my camera it gives me the chance to record things … Continue reading →