The problem with displaying restored vehicles without protection in an external location is that the weather very soon starts to undo all the hard...
Three points about the site that contains my workshop - firstly, not rail connected but as the road connection is almost straight off the A69 that...
I doubt that anyone other than CD has sabotaged the efforts ... Having said that, it was not unknown for the "locals" to be less than welcoming to...
Speaking as one person, working as a restorer of timber vehicles (so including waggons), there is a huge number of worthy potential projects "out...
What is so annoying about this sort of vandalism is the rapidly cleaning off or otherwise obliterating it and seemingly ignoring the "provocation"...
BBC bit about the latest at the SVR http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-42484761
Work is progressing on 971, but I'm more than a bit behind on updating the images on Ipernity. (Real life seems to be getting in the way).
Still planning a visit in the very near future --- when the rest of real life stops bowling curve-balls at me !
@Nigel Day - my thanks for sharing the images ! Whillan Beck looks great, and good to see progress on Esk. Looking forward to the new operating...
Well, the best laid plans, an' all that .... Life has a habit of getting complicated. However, I finally managed to update my homepage / website...
I haven't tried that - but I have used brasso to good effect, although I used nylon scotchbrite (I have trouble with spelks off wire wool) And...
Yes, and not very successfully, unless the scratch was very shallow. It takes a lot of effort and to avoid damaging other areas, really should be...
There is a short summary on my Ipernity album that covers most of the work (not yet completely up to date, which should be done soon) <a...
Not just the steam engineers are falling off the end of this mortal coil - there are other areas similarly afflicted, such as S&T, PW and my own...
As for not rotting away - the Tanfield Railway got a bogie carriage back from restoration...
That's also excellent !
Some big pieces of timber have been delivered ... Just need that 49ft carriage and the coal waggon to scrunch over in the workshop (planned for...
Mortal remains, the results of an archaeological dig (I kid you not!), much archive and historical images research but not much in the way of GA...
One example of something currently being rescued after almost disappearing ... [img] 1001 things - derelict brake par StoneRoad2013, on Ipernity...
Need to come and have another smooch around the place (will have to be planned around other trips) I think those images of Esk are really loverlly...
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