That is correct, after initial consultation with potential manufacturers it became clear that a design and a set of drawings were needed to define...
Indeed, that is basically what we are trying to achieve. The plan is not to rebalance the wheels which appear to be Stroudley originals with...
Some years ago an O2 chimney was sent from Havenstreet to Cranmore to be used in place of the colliery chimney. It came back with the loco and is...
The Bagnall boiler is completely beyond repair. Conceivably a new Bagnall design boiler reusing (possibly) the dome but not much more could be...
Don't do buckeyes on the Island!!!
Hope you don't mind me reopening an old thread. I have just watched the new Indian Bollywood film "Heropanti 2", it is a high octane action film...
PS - We are investing a lot of money this winter in repairing our biggest railway heritage building - the station building cum signal box at...
Fair point but the underlying nature of Wootton's current station has changed many times already from being 1 - part of a through single line with...
On the Isle of Wight Steam Railway we have a wonderful inheritance in terms of locomotives and rolling stock dating back to the earliest days of...
Excellent initiative Robin.
The policy on the Isle of Wight is very similar with a limited quantity of bullhead rail being replaced with new every winter. An appropriate...
The new bullhead is going in to replace some of the second hand material from the Brading to Sandown singling that was laid for the extension in...
I understand that the plan was to fit the 84xxx with Westinghouse brakes to work with the existing stock. I'm told that the drawings were used for...
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