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 ...
MHRPS Blog
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 ...
Testing Times
2nd Sep 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
August 2019 update from the Carriage Shop
What larks!
28th Aug 2019 in Buildings
21 August On one of our last visits to the balloon water tank at Alton the water level indicator was installed and the tank capacity sign fixed near the access ...
WAGON GROUP REPORT 18TH AUGUST 2019
28th Aug 2019 in Wagon Group
Well the past few weeks seem to have seen the extremes of the weather with the heat and torrential downpours, but despite a few days missed for this, we have ...
Ropley Loco Weds Gang - 21st August 2019 - A Time for Reflection?
21st Aug 2019 in Loco Wednesday Gang
I set out yesterday, with camera and enthusiasm fully charged, determined to write a Loco Wednesday Gang Blog. The event that triggered this was a recent birthday - not ...