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Saturday, 23 February 2013

Churnet Valley Steam Gala

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Back to Consall box at last! The railway's February Steam Gala is the first time since October that more than one train at a time has ru...
Sunday, 17 February 2013

A lovely day for a walk and a Stepper ride

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Today was like spring; bright sunshine, birds singing in the trees, and buzzards mewing as they soared the thermal currents above the tree t...
Friday, 8 February 2013

A fire-damaged 47... and Agecroft goes to the Ribble Steam Railway

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On Wednesday 23rd January a train of empty coaching stock of West Coast Railways with a Class 47 diesel locomotive at the front and another ...
Saturday, 2 February 2013

C90 out and about again. And a blast on the Bonnie!

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After over six weeks in various stages of dismantlement in the garage, I started the C90 yesterday and took it for a tentative run up and do...
Thursday, 31 January 2013

More on the C90 - fun and games with the stand!

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The C90 work continues, and today we got the old stand off. It was rusted to the pin around which it should rotate, so it had to com...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Styal Mill update

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Quite a lot has been happening at Quarry Bank, Styal recently. There is a project in the offing called 'Revolution and Revelation' (...
Saturday, 19 January 2013

The first 'Grand Day Out' of 2013 - Chester and (not!) the Boat Museum

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The Wilmslow (Horse & Jockey) contingent of glee seekers ventured west today to meet the Merseyside contingent at the Ellesmere Port Boa...