Following two test holes drilled the preceeding Wednesday, volunteers set to work on Saturday installing the rail fixings along the sides of our new inspection / ash pit. Drilling a 24mm (almost an inch) hole 200mm (8 inches) deep into
A major project that is well underway at Steamworks is our combined inspection and ash pit. This lies outside the engine shed on the southern most road and is essential for the maintenance of Blyth. With the hole dug, a
We took delivery this week of two new 7¼ inch gauge sprung bogies from Miniature Railway Workshop for our three seat miniature railway coach. Many of you will not have see this coach as the unsprung bogies it was built
On a warm day for the volunteers the recently re-gilded weather vane was returned to the top of the entrance gateway flag pole. A little more electrical work was completed in the cafe whilst other volunteers worked on shining up
All Just a little reminder that there will be folk on site at Steamworks from 10am this Saturday who will welcome volunteers old or new who are interested in helping the Trust in any way. Our public open days commence
Bookings for our Santa Specials on 10th and 17th December are going well, the 17th is almost fully booked but there are still spaces available on the 10th. Please ring 01502 725422 during office hours Tuesday to Friday to check
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
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
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
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