In early August work started in earnest on the groundwork for the Heritage Centre & Museum building. Progress has been sure and steady culminating in their completion on Saturday, 27th November. The second phase of building work is due to commence on Monday, 5th November. As ever our Roving Reporter has had their camera at Read more about Ground Works[…]
With apologies to Steve Wright’s serious jockin’! Midlothian Science Festival ran an event in The National Mining Museum at the Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange. ESME were asked if they would like to put up a display to support the event which aims to bring all sorts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) activities together. Read more about Serious STEM, no ‘A’![…]
Not everybody can claim to have built a live steam model of a South African Railways 16DA pacific on their dining room table. Richard can! His recently completed model is due to make its debut at the Strathaven Model Society’s 2018 barbecue steam up. Enjoy the selection of photographs showing the progress of the build Read more about South African Class 16DA[…]
Over the years ESME has received a lot of help both financially & in kind without which we would not have made anything like the progress we have. Having reached two significant milestones of completing the first loop upon which we can run trains again and funding for the Heritage Centre & Museum, it was Read more about Sponsors Day[…]
From our Roving Reporter, a short progress report……. The main focus was drainage work around the perimeter of the building. This entailed the cutting and fitting of the main pipes to the septic and clean water tanks. Digging and backfilling the pipework to appropriate heights finished the work. “What do you mean, he went Read more about If Water Runs Through It…..[…]
It was a damp and misty start to the day, but our intrepid Roving Reporter Robert was there and filed this report with the News Desk…… Another success story at Almondell and today we received the very first visiting locomotives from other clubs. The honour of being the first ever visiting loco to steam around Read more about 7¼ Post AGM Visit[…]
Five years and five days…. ….. since we acquired the site at Almondell and WHAT a five years it has been! 2018 though goes into the annals of ESME history as being the year we said a sad final good bye to Newliston and entered a melancholy phase of nowhere to run on a Sunday Read more about Family & Friends Day[…]
As model engineers we like to turn our hand to most things and Robert is no exception. The other week, taking time away from ‘Maude’, Robert decided that it would be an interesting idea to translate the 2d plans of the Heritage Centre and Museum into a 3d version. After much drawing, precision cutting of Read more about Architect Model?[…]
One of our members had these roof trusses lying in their yard and when they heard about our relocating the workshop containers they generously donated them to enable us to make a proper roof between the two. All ready lifted into place…. Ready for putting upright…. Steady as we go…. Ready for the roof! Read more about A Roof Over Our Heads….[…]
Work started in earnest on the 9th August preparing the ground works ready for the contractor to commence building work. Click on the images to enlarge. The first job was to assemble the kit. And was it impressive! State of the art too, even had a key code before it would start. The second job Read more about What A Difference A Week Makes…..[…]
