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Monday, 19 December 2016
Last running day of 2016 at Urmston
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We have been remarkably lucky with the weather this year, and I can't recall a Sunday at Urmston missed through bad weather for a long t...
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Christmas lunch today at Urmston
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....But the trains were running as usual. Pictures by Jason Lau. Please click on any for a larger image. An ex-member came back tod...
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
'My' Chippy in a forced landing last Sunday
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dH Chipmunk Sierra Lima at Sleap, Shropshire, 4th December 2016 About 20 mins after this picture was taken (by Mark Harris) at Sleap,...
Sunday, 27 November 2016
Alfred gets a run...
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It's been a few weeks since I took Alfred to Urmston, but today he got to stretch his wheels. Pictures by Jason Lau. Please click on a...
Sunday, 20 November 2016
A new addition to the steam fleet is on order
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Here's the next addition to the Vince steam loco stud. A brand new 5 inch gauge LMS 3-cylinder Jubilee 4-6-0 express locomotive. ...
A quiet day at Urmston today
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Photos by Jason Lau. Bit bleak at Urmston this morning These are the three locomotives that were on passenger duty today. L to...
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Alfred passes his steam test
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Miniature live steam locomotives have to have their boilers certified as safe by a boiler inspector to obviate the possibility of a catastro...
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