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If you catch my drift..

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,

Oliver Densham February 19, 2021February 22, 2021 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project, Steamworks Project Read more

Another new year begins..

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

Oliver Densham January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 2-4-0 Club, Blyth Valley Light Railway, Heritage Train Project, Steamworks Project Read more

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

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

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

Heavy Metals

Heavy Metals

First off, we’ve had some further photographs of progress on the replica build of ‘Blyth’, one of the three Sharp, Stewart & Co. 2-4-0 tank locomotives bought by the SR in 1879 for the opening of the railway, sent to

Oliver Densham June 13, 2020June 14, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Heritage Train Project, Scaldwell Read more

Weeding the parade ground

Weeding the parade ground

First of all, before we get onto matters at Blyth Road, we have received another tidbit of information on Blyth from Dave Humphries at North Bay Engineering. The above picture shows the wooden patterns for the cylinder rod glands and

Oliver Densham June 5, 2020June 6, 2020 2-4-0 Club, Steamworks Project Read more

News from North Bay

News from North Bay

Even though the world is on lockdown, work is still continuing on the replica 2-4-0 ‘Blyth’. Dave Humphreys, of North Bay Engineering, has sent us a photo and video of the leading Adams radial truck fitted to the front of the

Oliver Densham June 1, 2020June 6, 2020 2-4-0 Club Read more
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