Whilst the work was being progressed on the drains and water supply for the Heritage Centre and Museum, the opportunity was taken to make other improvements to the site at the bottom end. The Saturday crew were again to the fore, and one could begin to think in their element too! Let our Roving Reporter Read more about Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud![…]
Progress with the building work for the Museum and Heritage Centre has been a little slower than originally planned as there were some last minute alterations to the drawings suggested by the building control department which had to be accommodated and resubmitted and then agreed with the contractor. However, there is still plenty of work Read more about And There Let Us Wallow In Glorious Mud[…]
St George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh ran an event for their Primary 5 class and ESME were asked if they would like to put up a display to support the event. These events aim to bring all sorts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) activities together. A total of 48 pupils visited the display. Read more about STEM at St George’s[…]
After discussing the results of the members consultation on the various bridge design options and taking these comments into consideration,it was agreed that the best way forward was to construct a four-arch bridge on stone piers. A four-section bridge had been mentioned by a few members and it was felt that this would look correct Read more about Further Bridge Progress[…]
‘Tis the season to be merry and certainly the first Santa event was blessed with dry weather and a good turn out of excited children – young and not so young. We were in steam and set up early and by 09:15 had taken our first passengers. From then on it was steady until 15:00 Read more about Santa Trains At Bo’ness[…]
Progress continues with other parts of the project whilst we await the building warrant for the Heritage Centre & Museum. On a wet Saturday our Roving Reporter was there to record the efforts of the team as they dug and lay the water pipe & electricity cable down to the resited workshops. It was sometimes Read more about Power & Water[…]
This years event was well attended with a good selection of members work on display. The range of engineering undertaken is quite amazing. Projects ranged from examples of precision machining and milling exercises undertaken by apprentices as part of their training which produced ‘novelty’ items through to a miniature petrol engine ‘Sealion’ designed by Edgar Read more about Bits & Pieces Evening & The Farr Trophy[…]
Our club is not all about making locomotives, civil engineering and track laying. Quite the opposite in fact. The opportunities on the site at Almondell to get involved with other interests are almost limitless. As an example, if you are interested in carpentry then we have numerous projects just waiting for you! Recently Robert turned Read more about Crossing Gates[…]
‘Arachnids in the UK’ featured giant spiders taking over a Hotel in Sheffield and our hero saving the day. Well, I am afraid you missed some…… Robert had been busy for our Halloween steam up! The tunnel was quite eerie, billowing steam added to the effect. Unfortunately not many of our junior Read more about Where is Dr Who?[…]
As ever in a project of this size work proceeds on a number of fronts. The more obvious progress has been on the ground works for the building, however in a quiet depression in the middle of the woods Andrew, ably assisted by Sandy & John has been quietly, but steadily progressing to build the Read more about Bridge Progress[…]
