Never let it be said that Mark hangs back when it comes to getting the Heritage Centre & Museum building erected. Within hours of receiving the Building Warrant the work schedule was put into action and over the past three weeks progress has been rapid. This Thursday’s working party were impressed by the constant flow Read more about From ‘Photoshop’ To Reality….[…]
The club auction was eagerly anticipated, car boots were cleared and excuses for the purchases rehearsed. Members cast a critical eye over the stock….. Some items came in for closer inspection.. And then an air of anticipation as auctioneer Alex West took centre stage. When the gavel came down on the last Read more about Going, Going, Gone![…]
Robert sent in this update of his progress with ‘Maude’, it will be fine model when it takes to the tracks at Almondell. ‘This is the final assembly of the cylinders, it was a bit of a challenge to ensure all the ports aligned correctly. Some modification to the valve rods to enable me to Read more about ‘Maude’ ticks over….[…]
Work continues apace to complete ‘Blythe Bridge’ and ‘The Five Sisters Crossing’ which are the missing links for the Newliston and Almondell circuits (5″/3½ & 7¼”/5″ respectively). With the good weather holding progress has been made with the steelwork for ‘Blythe Bridge’ and the concrete foundations for ‘The Five Sisters Crossing’. Our Roving Reporters have Read more about Bridging The Gap[…]
Model Engineers like a challenge; make something useful out of a miscellaneous collection of bits and follow instructions. Monday nights get together pitted five teams against the clock to rescue a raw egg suspended by a string 6′ of the floor and to place it unbroken into a compartment in an egg box. The red Read more about Who Rescued Humpty Dumpty?[…]
Mark & Phil planned a busy Civil Saturday which would move two projects towards completion. A delivery of Volumetric concrete was arranged and with the weather being reasonable all was set for a productive day. As ever our Roving Reporter was on site to record the proceedings…… The first job was to cast the abutments Read more about The Five Sisters Crossing Et Al[…]
There I was, a-digging this hole A hole in the ground, so big and sort of round it was There was I, digging it deep It was flat at at the bottom and the sides were steep When along, comes this bloke in a bowler which he lifted and scratched his head Well we Read more about The Hole In The Ground[…]
With the winter weather being mild so far progress with track work and associated structures has continued apace. The digging out of the route for Circuits ‘D’ & ‘B’ at the North West end of the site has been nearly completed and track extension along the respective track bed has been progressing steadily. On a Read more about Track Progress Report[…]
The day dawned bright, clear and not a breath of wind, the ground covered in a hoar frost. Even the Mercury in the thermometer was feeling the chill at -4ºC! Still, it would be just the day for some superb steam effects (and it would show every little steam weep!) for the photographers. Some defrosting Read more about New Year At Almondell[…]
Our first post Christmas steam up at Almondell produced a good turn out of locomotives and visitors. The weather was mild for the time of year which helped to encourage people to linger longer. A superb spread of cakes and mince pies plus the mandatory large pots of tea were provided by Roddy which helped Read more about December 27th Steam Up[…]
