Following the AGM and Board meetings held over the weekend of 19th and 20th November the Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of John Bennett as Trust President with Nick Evans taking over as Chairman in addition to his
Bookings Open for Santa Specials
We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our Santa Special events. These are taking place on Saturday 10th and 17th December between 4pm and 7:30pm on each day. Each family books their departure time from our
A New Bonnet for Blyth
A recent volunteer session saw the fitting of a safety valve bonnet to Blyth. This complex shaped piece of metalwork came in two halves from North Bay but missed the delivery transport. A little fettling was required to achieve a
Volunteer Saturdays Restarting
After the pandemic hiatus we are planning to restart volunteer days at Steamworks on a Saturday. These will initially be the first Saturday of the month commencing 5th November. We will start about 10am and finish between 3 and 4pm
Half Term Opening
This Sunday, 23rd Oct, sees the last of our daytime opening days for 2022. Steamworks will be open to visitors from 1pm to 4pm. The cafe and shop will be open, trains will be running on our miniature railway and
Cable Donation
We were very pleased to receive a donation of two lengths of steel wire armoured cable recently. This tough, high current cable will be used to get power out to our recently purchased container which will house our model railway
Rail Delivery
Early on Thursday morning a delivery from GB Rail arrived at Steamworks. Six lengths of 50lb/yd rail, each 40 feet long with the associated fittings. I’ve done a quick calculation and have deduced they are very heavy and will give
Permanent Way Trolley
As hinted in an earlier blog post we recently took delivery of a permanent way trolley. This is a lightweight basic item of rolling stock used to carry tools, etc for the track gang when they are working on the
Heritage Open Day
Steamworks will be opening on Sunday 11th September 2022 between 1pm and 4pm to join in the country wide Heritage Open Days event organised by The National Trust. More information about this event can be found at https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk
No wheels on my wagon
Volunteers had a busy Wednesday again this week despite the warm weather. The strip down of the RNAD chassis continued with the removal of the wheelsets. A donated shed was extracted from the pile and errected near the main gate