The first Santa event at Bo’ness this year turned out to be a cold affair. With temperatures down to -5⁰ C steam effects were assured as were cold feet & hands! ‘Grace’ proved to be a dab hand at producing beautiful smoke rings in the chilled air and despite the cold, trade was steady until Read more about Where’s Sandy?[…]
Paul submitted this interesting video of his 7¼” locomotive running around the Comrie / Oban loop at Almondell. Enjoy the trip & look at the progress we have made. Click on the image to watch the video.
Sunday, 10th November was Remembrance Sunday and Robert had organised a wee event “to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts”. Having a miniature railway at Almondell it was felt appropriate to focus on the contribution made by the Railway Operating Read more about The R.O.D.[…]
Despite there being only one complete circuit (7¼”) and two more being two thirds finished (7¼” / 5″ & 5″ / 3½ “) thus offering an ‘out & back’ run, the track is none the less well used most Sundays. For those of us running 5″ & 3½ ” locomotives we are counting the days Read more about Track Activity……[…]
Our grateful thanks go to Balfour Beatty & Network Rail for the visit of a lifetime, a trip to the top of the iconic Forth Rail Bridge. Network Rail kindly let us break the ‘journey’ with a tour under the bridge deck which is not granted to everyone. Our member who is professional driver for Read more about A Tick Off The Bucket List![…]
We must not forget that while the ‘Glam Team’ get most of the attention driving their locomotives none of this would be possible without the help of the unsung members who volunteer to cover the administration of the day. Prior to the event there was the design & printing of the tickets. Co-ordination of visitor Read more about The Backroom Team……[…]
What a glorious feeling! And so it was on Sunday when ESME members, family & friends braved serious flooding on the roads to enjoy 2019’s open day and see the progress a year has made. Enjoy it they did! The smiling faces, the queues for the trains, the consumption of the burgers and the positive Read more about Just Steaming In The Rain……[…]
Our portable track was out in the sunshine at Progress Rail open day at their South Queensferry site. For those of you that don’t know, (and until I visited I didn’t either!) Progress Rail are a large foundry business that produce all the manganese steel castings for Network Rail & export similar to America for Read more about Progress Rail Open Day[…]
A first for ESME was to be asked to provide the portable track for a wedding reception. With a the sun shining and ‘Morning Star’ polished to perfection, Robert, Russell and Phil put on a faultless event. The happy couple, Marie and Graeme Moyes are seated behind the locomotive ready for the off. In this Read more about Wedding Belle Express[…]
Weather forecasts, who believes them? The night before Met Office forecast predicted a wonderful sunny day. At 10:00 it was wonderfully warm & sunny, so much so that Robert was setting up a Parasol for shade! Our visitors arrived 30 minutes early, but we were ready, both ‘Grace’ & the tea urn were up to Read more about Bathgate Probus Club Visit[…]
