WAGON GROUP REPORT 13TH JANUARY 2020
15th Jan 2020 in Wagon Group
Happy New Year to our reader/s... It's been a couple of months since the last report... well with our Christmas lunch, the Christmas and New Year breaks, weather ...
MHRPS Blog
Alton Station Updates
15th Jan 2020 in Buildings
With just a few weeks to go before the start of the 2020 season attention at Alton has turned to getting the station ready to welcome our customers for the first ...
An exciting year ahead!
15th Jan 2020 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
Carriage workshop blog, January 2020 First off, a very happy new year to you all! This year is shaping up to be a very exciting one here at the Watercress Line, ...
Just modest men
19th Dec 2019 in Buildings
Well into winter now, but that doesn’t stop us. Numerous jobs are underway both inside and outside to keep the chaps busy and to avoid any winter blues. ...
Carriage workshop blog, December 2019
5th Dec 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
First out of the gate So there we have it, the race is done, and we have a winner! MK1 CK 16083 takes it by a nose (or more likely, a ...
Website Blog - Ropley Station
28th Nov 2019 in Buildings
Saturday 23 November saw the Ropley and Alton Station Team come together to decorate Ropley station ready for the festive season and with only one station to decorate this year, we ...
Into Winter
21st Nov 2019 in Buildings
21 November A slight delay to Building Department Blogs recently due to IT issues, but hopefully normal publication intervals will now be resumed to keep our reader (if there is ...
Alton Station Blog Update
21st Nov 2019 in Buildings
2019 has been a very different year for our railway and in particular for Alton Station, which for the majority of it has been completely disconnected from the rest of the ...
Ropley Loco Wednesday Gang - 20th Nov 2019 – The Journey
20th Nov 2019 in Loco Wednesday Gang
This long-overdue blog is about my recent “journey”. No, not my well-trodden path from Wokingham to Ropley and back, but the thing that fans (and sufferers) of ...
Paint, plumbing, gates and fatherhood
13th Nov 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
First off my apologies for the lateness of this official communication! I feel I have a reasonably good excuse, as my daughter was born in the middle of last month. ...
WAGON GROUP REPORT 11TH NOVEMBER 2019
13th Nov 2019 in Wagon Group
Well it's been a few weeks since the last Wagon Group report, mainly due to a prolonged holiday down under .......... but I'm assured everyone else was very busy ...
Alton Station Update
16th Oct 2019 in Buildings
The weather is now rather against us when it comes to outdoor painting but there's plenty of other jobs that we can be getting on with. One of these ...
Beading 101
8th Oct 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
September 2019 update from the Carriage Shop
WAGON GROUP REPORT 30TH SEPTEMBER 2019
3rd Oct 2019 in Wagon Group
At Medstead finalising works continue on BY S 653 on the vac and steam heating piping; painting internally; electrics; conduit for the lighting; and the lettering and numbering has been procured. ...
Blitz at Alton
18th Sep 2019 in Buildings
There were a few outstanding jobs that we had at Alton to finish off, and due to the current lack of through trains it was decided to get a team ...
Alton Station Updated
11th Sep 2019 in Buildings
With the line between Alton and Medstead & Fourmarks Stations remaining closed, work at Alton Station has continued to focus upon much needed maintenance ahead of us again welcoming our ...