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 MHR. The recent progress of the bridge works at Butts has at ...
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 Strictly Come Prancing will understand all too well. In my formative ...
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. Having taken a few days away from work to get well acquainted ...
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 in the interim! BY S 653 has had lots of work on it. ...
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 is the clearance of vegetation and as you'll see in a ...
8th Oct 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
September 2019 update from the Carriage Shop
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. The "Gunpowder" van W 105691 is being repainted internally and externally, as are ...
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 up there to complete them in one visit rather than split the ...
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 passengers. Alton is a gateway to our railway and so it's ...
2nd Sep 2019 in Can Pac Blogs, Carriage Works
August 2019 update from the Carriage Shop
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 ladder. A float inside the tank attached to a cable will travel ...
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 progressed on a number of projects... At Medstead the internal and external ...
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 a “big one” but when you’re past 70, they ...
1st Aug 2019 in Wagon Group
Another monthly roundup this time... At Medstead works on BY S 6563 continue. Ian Johnson is installing the piping for the vac baking system and the steam heating in the guards brake area, and reinstating the guards periscope. Internally and externally the topcoats ...
