A major milestone was reached by the folk at North Bay Engineering this week when Blyth had her first run on air. A short video is linked here – Blyth’s first run on air You can hopefully make out the
June is bustin’ out all over..
..Although on balance, we’d rather she didn’t. The old jokes are so rarely the best.. It’s been quite busy down at Steamworks over the last few weeks, perhaps encouraged by the far more clement weather we’d been having, although that
Making Tracks
Good grief, it’s May. I’ve become convinced that someone somewhere, for nefarious reasons best known to themselves, is stealing weeks’ worth of time from us, although general opinion seems to disagree with me. It’s been quite a busy time for
Never trust domeless engines..
Well, we were thick with snow last time I updated this blog, and now it’s looking quite a bit like spring- I don’t know where the time goes. Of course, there’s not been much going on down at Blyth Road,
If you catch my drift..
I doubt anyone could have failed to notice that it snowed last week. And proper snow too, not just the flimsy stuff that melts after a day or so, but a good thick carpet that hangs around for ages. Steamworks,
Another new year begins..
Well, it’s 2021 and the start of another year, although it would be a bit of a challenge to tell the difference between this year and the previous one. Nonetheless, allow me to wish the readers of the blog a
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
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
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
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