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[…]
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[…]
‘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[…]
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[…]
‘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?[…]
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’![…]
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[…]
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[…]
