What is so annoying about this sort of vandalism is the rapidly cleaning off or otherwise obliterating it and seemingly ignoring the "provocation"...
BBC bit about the latest at the SVR http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-42484761
Work is progressing on 971, but I'm more than a bit behind on updating the images on Ipernity. (Real life seems to be getting in the way).
Still planning a visit in the very near future --- when the rest of real life stops bowling curve-balls at me !
@Nigel Day - my thanks for sharing the images ! Whillan Beck looks great, and good to see progress on Esk. Looking forward to the new operating...
Well, the best laid plans, an' all that .... Life has a habit of getting complicated. However, I finally managed to update my homepage / website...
I haven't tried that - but I have used brasso to good effect, although I used nylon scotchbrite (I have trouble with spelks off wire wool) And...
Yes, and not very successfully, unless the scratch was very shallow. It takes a lot of effort and to avoid damaging other areas, really should be...
There is a short summary on my Ipernity album that covers most of the work (not yet completely up to date, which should be done soon) <a...
Not just the steam engineers are falling off the end of this mortal coil - there are other areas similarly afflicted, such as S&T, PW and my own...
As for not rotting away - the Tanfield Railway got a bogie carriage back from restoration...
That's also excellent !
Some big pieces of timber have been delivered ... Just need that 49ft carriage and the coal waggon to scrunch over in the workshop (planned for...
Mortal remains, the results of an archaeological dig (I kid you not!), much archive and historical images research but not much in the way of GA...
One example of something currently being rescued after almost disappearing ... [img] 1001 things - derelict brake par StoneRoad2013, on Ipernity...
Need to come and have another smooch around the place (will have to be planned around other trips) I think those images of Esk are really loverlly...
As for stock rotting away ... like Sawdust, and many others, I do my bit to preserve / restore what I can. But it is a costly exercise, both in...
NSR is North Staffordshire Railway, so Yes ... more details "soon" !
About to start on another project ... technically a restoration of an extinct type (NSR passenger brake) ...
... ready ... steady ... GO ! updates will be forthcoming, mostly (at least from my point of view) on Ipernity ... PS. My OH is about to have a...
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