The miniature gauge section of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway will be holding a small gala event over these three days in September to celebrate...
The timetable forthis 4 day gala is now available on line at www.e-v-r.com; Special working will include the Ravenstor Incline usung an ex-GWR...
As part of the overhaul of Bagnall 2746 The Duke the main steam pipe from the front tubeplate to the cylinder block has to be replaced. We had...
I saw a piece in the Daily Telegraph recently to the effect that the CF de La Mure has re-opened this year. It shut in 2010 after serious...
The gala will feature 80080, 9466 and the resident Barclay tanks. Another star of the show will be the renowned EVR on train all day breakfast.
I started a thread on this subject in the Steam Traction section. In case anyone is interested, here is a summary of the work done to date on an...
A few things recently have caused me to wonder how this is being handled, more important, how it should be handled. I should say at the beginning,...
Our younger diesel minded volunteers (and others) have been working very hard to complete prpearations for the Summer Diesel Gala on 10th/11th...
Wanderings in Northern France, June 2019. There was a general feeling that it was time for a break. We talked it over on the long winter...
Only in Wirksworth would you get a Blackpool Tram, a 1950s railcar and Britain’s first hybrid diesel-battery locomotive all in the same place! The...
Does anyone have for sale or know where we can get couplings for steam heat hoses? We already have the hoses and the loco mounted shut off valves,...
Peter Briddon has written a novel, "The Railway to Merhead" about a battle to save a fictional branch line in the early 1960's, currently...
This event is now rapidly approaching. A special guest will be a W & M 4-wheel diesel railbus, currently based at Ribble Steam Railway and...
It seems to me that this has evolved into a separate subject which needs its own thread, to keep it clear of AGM and shareholder issues and other...
Longmoor Tales. The Stanier 8F locomotives used by the Royal Engineers in the Middle East had at least one local refinement, which was a shut off...
The EVR Diesel Weekend will feature seven trains each way per day, with trains crossing at Shottle. There will also be the evening Fish and Chip...
July 2nd - the 2017 Classic Bus and Coach rally What better way to spend a Sunday? Travel between Duffield and Wirksworth behind a steam train...
East Midlands Trains Second Generation Class 153 is to visit Wirksworth for the Multiple Memories Railcar Gala on 13th/14th May. There will be a...
“The Old Trade’s Plying”. When I signed on with the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway at Wirksworth in 2010 my intention was to concentrate on the...
The Tunnel, The Tramp and the Winding Engine. Back in the middle 1980’s, if you were looking for railway track and did not have much money, the...
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