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Author: Oliver Densham

Stanchions and bufferbeams

Stanchions and bufferbeams

Well, the volunteers have returned to a fairly damp and occasionally frosty Steamworks- 4mm of ice on the ponds earlier this week- and work has resumed on track laying, guttering and tree planting, of which more anon. Our own progress

Oliver Densham December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project Read more

Lockdown Mk II- and Blyth progress

Lockdown Mk II- and Blyth progress

Well, it’s been another lockdown- fast becoming the no. 1 past time for the Great British Public- and so understandably work at Blyth Road has more or less ground to a halt again. Mind you, the general trend down there

Oliver Densham November 29, 2020December 11, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project Read more

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness..

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness..

 Somehow it’s ended up being October, and I’m not entirely sure how that happened. I still hadn’t got used to the concept of August, and logic would seem to suggest that was some time ago. Mind you, the onset of

Oliver Densham October 12, 2020November 26, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Blyth Valley Light Railway, Heritage Train Project, Permanent Way, Steamworks Project Read more

Fun, fun, fun in the Audubon

Fun, fun, fun in the Audubon

I have a sneaking fear that my punning titles may be becoming a little obscure even by my standards, but we’ll let that pass. There’s no prize for the first one to get it. In the general catch-up I’ve been

Oliver Densham August 15, 2020August 16, 2020 Steamworks Project Read more

Catching up on the news

Catching up on the news

True to form, I’ve fallen rather behind on the volunteer’s day news, so it seems apposite to fill in the gaps, as it were. Starting in reverse order, as John has mentioned in his last post, we’ve been filling in

Oliver Densham August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 Blyth Valley Light Railway, Steamworks Project Read more

News from Darlington..

News from Darlington..

Not that of Stephenson’s recent triumph with new-fangled steam propulsion- even Suffolk isn’t that behind on the news. No, this is a further update from North Bay Engineering on the progress being made on the ‘Blyth’ replica, which in their

Oliver Densham August 7, 2020August 8, 2020 2-4-0 Club Read more

Blogging on..

Blogging on..

In the spirit of catching up with the news, I thought I’d better fill in on some of the other things that have been going on while I’ve been neglecting the Blogosphere. I’ve been down at Blyth Road again today,

Oliver Densham July 19, 2020August 7, 2020 Scaldwell, Steamworks Project Read more

Backblog, the Sequel..

Backblog, the Sequel..

No, I’m still not updating here enough. Mind you, there’s been a lot of work going on, so I’ll claim that in my defence, but passers-by at Steamworks are beginning to ask about updates (through the fence, obviously, due to

Oliver Densham July 18, 2020July 20, 2020 Historical, Steamworks Project Read more

Backblog

Backblog

I’ve clearly not been doing enough blogging recently, whereas quite a lot has been happening- although these two facts may not be entirely unconnected. More to come in future posts, but one thing I must update is the progress on

Oliver Densham June 28, 2020June 29, 2020 2-4-0 Club Read more

Lines from the Past

Lines from the Past

After a long and exhausting weekend moving heavy lumps of iron about in the hot sun, it makes a pleasant change to be doing less effortful tasks. Today I’ve been wire-brushing and painting one of the three spare Peckett wheelsets,

Oliver Densham June 15, 2020June 16, 2020 Scaldwell Read more
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