The Dean Forest Railway is hosting a mini-gala dedicated to trolleys and permanent way equipment on June 17th and 18th. Anyone who wants to bring...
It's a slow day at work and I've been wondering what the heaviest load you've seen on a preserved line is? Bonus points for being a sod of a...
An odd one possibly, but here goes. Just been going over some of the training stuff for the 08 (iv got a refresher course coming up) and there's...
Bit of a fun 'what-if' here. As we know most of our railways are limited to 25mph with a few exceptions on one or two occasionally. What I'm...
Evening all, This seemed like the most prudent place to put this being its nether steam nor diesel. As you may or may not know the DFR has one...
Did these ever see service as ballast drop wagons, either in 'original' state or subsequently modified? I got a wee bit swamped in the info...
I've shamelessly lifted this from another forum, but the person in question is far more eloquent than I, so here we go. "The Dean Forest...
I've had a bit of a search around but havent spotted anything so apologies if this had been done before. A few of likeminded nutters are looking...
Apologies if this belongs somewhere else, but I thought it was pretty gala related :p. This year for the DFRs diesel gala, we trialed a ride on...
Morning all. I am currently attempting to get our fleet of dogfish into sone semblance of working order ready for ballasting in the near future....
This seems like the most prudent place to post. I'm looking for one of the shorter versions of the permaquip trolley for a p/way based project. It...
Hello all, I though I would bring your attention to a new blog covering the exploits of the Dean Forest p/way gang. Its only early days yet but...
Hello all. Just a heads up that our first running day of the season is this Sunday (2nd March) and to mark it we are doing a Say What You Pay Day....
Evening all, I'm hoping some body here can help us or point us in the right direction. We (the P/way gang) on the Dean Forest Railway are...
Hello all, just a quick one here. We recently had some permanent way kit stolen from Norchard on the Dean Forest Railway. They are as follows,...
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