Bulleid Carriage 1456
3rd Apr 2020 in Carriage Works
An exciting landmark in the life of the Watercress Line happened at the turn of March, when the first part of the Canadian Pacific Project was launched into traffic in ...
MHRPS Blog
Ropley Loco Tuesday Gang - 10th March 2020
27th Mar 2020 in Ropley Tuesday Gang
The regular volunteer Tuesday Gang are a small (usually about six of us) group of fine chaps who get a thrill from hitting steam locomotives with sledgehammers when required in ...
Ropley Loco Wednesday Gang - 18th March 2020 – Beware, the Ides of March (again)
18th Mar 2020 in Loco Wednesday Gang
Well, here we are again in the middle of March – a traditional time for writing a blog about the goings-on in Ropley workshop by the world-famous Wednesday Gang. ...
Wagon Group Report 16th March 2020
16th Mar 2020 in Wagon Group
An update on Wagon Group activities over the past few weeks... At Medstead BY S 653 has been out and about a bit, partly for a photo charter and ...
Carriage workshop blog, March 2020
5th Mar 2020 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
What shall we do now…? Carriage workshop blog, March 2020 Well, there we have it. Passengers have travelled in Bulleid open third 1456 for the first time since the mid to ...
WAGON GROUP REPORT 16TH FEBRUARY 2020
20th Feb 2020 in Wagon Group
An update from the past few weeks on wagons... Well there's been a bit of publicity recently about the Flying Scotsman, but with the recent weather a lot of ...
Up and down
12th Feb 2020 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
Things have been a bit up and down in the carriage workshop this month, literally! We’ve known for some time that we have a bit of remedial work ...
An exciting year ahead!
30th Jan 2020 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
An exciting year ahead! 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 ...
Into another year
23rd Jan 2020 in Buildings
17 January We hope all readers had a happy Christmas and New Year holiday and best wishes for the coming year. Yes, into another year and we await in anticipation of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...