Peak Rail General Discussion

quickie update;

Tims been working as have others on the LMS Brake van and its looking lovely, all painted up and lined out ,just a little bit to finish off round the door ends,the springs have also been worked upon

the old pond area at Rowsley has been filled in and seeded,a much more useful and better looking area now.

the class 50 lads were hard at it too dodging the weather as we all were,the class 47 is having electircial work and battery work undertaken.


Rob and the volunteers have been hard at work on various sites from one end of the line to the other,this week.

The signalbox windows are now three quarter reglazed,with a mass effort fromPete Waller,David Dyson and myself,were back on track again, next week will have to be for other jobs as the main event will be the turntable and 48624 event,Dont forget all!!!!

think we all hid from the rain at some point today then baked in the sunshine ,mad weather!!


Il leave any news on Matlock for Tom to ammend via the official press statements as till theres a big job on theres nowt to really report till then save small bits of news, so il try and report more on what the volunteers have been doing instead on individual waggons,locos etc as weve been a bit thin on that so far in the news.

 

some pics of the work on the box for matlock, link attached

http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/#4

 

link to some new pictures of the LMS brake van being worked upon.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peakrail-enthusiasts/photos/album/2004514799/pic/list

Link to some pics of the work at Riverside from the main website

http://www.peakrail.co.uk/Projects.html

Robins busy working on Zebedee again,machining up the wheel guides and I spent yesterday evening repainting the window shutters at Darley in a spare hour or two,yet to be relined which will have to wait till we have another good weathered day spare

 

Spent the day with Dom working on Matlock box.
By 10 30 the car park at Rowsley was full from the station to the main gates.
All the trains seemed well loaded as they passed us.
The evening freight train left as we were packing up, it had a good mix of wagons and
was a decent length.
We had a few folk come down to have a look at the box during the day.
The box is starting to look good now with three sides done and the front well on the way.
If you are down at Rowsley in the next few weeks do pop down and have a look at it.

 

to add to petes bit, on the sunday I then went and removed the last of the putty from the second out of the front windows, then thought i know! il check that little bit of rot out on the sill we spotted previously, next thing i had the front windows out completely ready to remove the window sill next week!masochist comes to mind!

i did learn from this excersise thst the windows were sealed up around 1972 as there was a copy of the sunday mirror dated as such inside the window gap which had then been puttied in place (probably to prevent draughts) this is the likely reason that the window runner had rusted away and then let the rot into the space at the end, we could repair this but id prefer completely to remove it and make a new one up,i already have the runners in situ.

the windows out,these then got fully repainted and put back inside for glazing next week and the window holes boarded up again, i also finisehed filling in the holes on the top sills and beading in the end windows frame from last week

Turntable opening

some links to the Turntable opening attached for youtube;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqD1rA8Kbk

http://janford.fpic.co.uk/c1844079.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UOBNGDWAho
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elsewhere;

colin and tony were busy changing doors around on a corridor coach theyve been lovingly restoring ,so i offered a hand, lastly noted the HST and class 50 lads were busy over the weekend doing their respective restorations,keep it up all.well done.

 

some more links to various picture sites of the recent turntable/8f event

http://janford.fpic.co.uk/c1844079.html

http://timstrains.fpic.co.uk/c1844489.html

http://kenneth-f-baker.fotopic.net/c1846095.html

http://mrsphotos.fotopic.net/c1844300.html

not seen any of the deisel gala yet,will put some links up once they go up.

S&t

with the help of the LMSCA lads today we cut morticed and routed a new window sill for the ex Luffenham box,this was fitted by days close,tommorow yet more work on the box,will update tommorow!

all the signal fittings have been freed off and repainted,these will be fitted to the signals which have been moved upto rowsley in the coming weeks when weve finished the box jobs.

elsewhere

The LMSCA lads are making good progress working through the NRM carriage,a slow but neccessary task.

the class 50 and HST lads are at work this weekend,plus its the deisel gala, and the narrow gauge too, the recently repainted and restored LMS waggons and brakevan look really nice on the freight train.

 

HST

had a chat with the guys today, theyre cracking on with many different projects, theyre shed which theyre looking at working on the next stage (the doors ) when the time and money becomes available,theyre also working on the 03 and the 14 with various little niggly bits to sort out ,there was a full crew today as it was also the deisel gala so the lads were showing visitors around their works.

noted the Class 50 lads were around too.

Rob,Malcolm and Tom were all working on the named bricks for Rowsley Shed,good job today was a nicer day than yesterday as Malcolm was mixing up cement,so at least it can dry now.

S&t

David was working on the telephones and Jim was having a day off working on the freight train in the gala, I had assistance from both mr Dyson and the LMSCA lads in making the new sill up for the window in the ex luffenham signalbox,this was fitted by saturday and on sunday Pete and myself set about repairing the damaged windows (spread with the metal runner rsuting away),new rollers have now been made up to fit and the window frames repaired, the first coats of paint on the new window sill have been completed and we can get on with fitting the wheels,runners and getting the glazing finished on the last four of the windows over the coming weeks.

Garden and lineside

Peter,Ian and others have been busy clearing and cutting the undergrowth lineside and the whole of Rowsley certainly looks much better with a nice green mowed carpet, the lineside too.

Deisel gala

Looked good, the service was certainly intensive with one passenger and one freight (including the ballast rake and the lms rake of tim`s and ben`s) and , the passenger train and the freight kept rotating locomotives and the two train running was in operation and at least on sunday the weather cetainly came out,well done too all,looked good from our vantage spot by the box!
http://andy456.fotopic.net/c1847430.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY--lcsZ3LA

 

As Dominic says some good progress on the box for Matlock
What he ommited to say is that pictures of the weekends work are now on his website
So here is the link.
http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/#4

Pete

 

forgot to put that digital signature on again didnt i boss!!

soss! dom

 

quick update;

the named bricks are being installed at rowsley by Malcolm,Tom and Robin.(looks good)

royal pioneer is having a repaint,she was in grey primer last i saw her.

s&t about to start work on the signalposts,rep[ainting and refitting, hopefully this weekend to some degree weather and numbers permitting.



the following from the peakrail enthusiasts forum;

The board of Directors of Peak Rail plc has tonight (Wednesday 12th May 2010)
received a formal request from the General Manager of the East Lancashire
Railway of the possibility of hiring 8F Steam Locomotive 48624 before its
contract ends with Peak Rail plc on Monday 31st May 2010.

The board of directors of Peak Rail plc are delighted to be able to assist the
East Lancashire Railway in their request and the locomotive is set for a
possible departure to pastures new (providing transport is available) on Monday
17th May 2010.

Peak Rail plc directors understand from the conversation with the General
Manager of the East Lancashire Railway that 48624 will go from ELR to the
Churnet Valley Railway as previously arranged with the Directors of 48624
Locomotive Company on Thursday 3rd June 2010.

 

from the Peakrail enthusiasts group;

Rob Foxon "Railways Remembered" Film Show
"British Railways - The 1930s"


Monday night (17 May 2010)

The Library Theatre (near The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield S1 1XZ.

Doors open 1900, show starts 1930
Tickets on the door £6.00, concessions £5.50.

S&T

the left hand windows of the Matlock box are glazed,twenty eight to go on the front to complete them all.

the metal runner has been fitted in the traditional Midland railway style of recessing it into the sill in compression,no glue etcetera.

the three signal poles for matlock will be moved outside the S&T this week so we can start fitting them out in the coming weeks, the posts should start being painted next week, as we ran out of time this week to make a start on them.

Rowsley

Colin and Tony were busy making use of the good weather to get on with roof work on one of the corridor coaches,harvey was also busy on fettling things up on another coach.

Class 50 lads were working away.

Rob and the lads were busy around the shed on building works.

WARRINGTON

Warrington has been repainted by Harvey,Rob etc into black BR livery as 68013,looks very nice!!!

 

pics page for the signalbox works!

http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/#4

 

link to some pics of the repainted "Royal Pioneer"

http://christopher8062.fotopic.net/c1850157.html

 

Carriage and waggon

Tony and Colin were continuing to work on the corridor coach doors,while the eathers nice.

Class 50

the lads were busy working on the spare engine in the shady side of repulse with a very big torque wrench, attacking the tops of the piston heads-theyd like to lift the engine when finances get bigger, come on support a good cause see their website pages for more details.

Delacher vans

John has i will say done a marvellous and absolutely thorough job on the first of the two ex ferry vans, i watched him spend most of today taking the paint of the trailing axle till it was shiny bear metal, hes almost three quarters of the way through the van now.

Narrow gauge was up and running and there was a small disply from a battle recreation group whod set up camp in rowsley wood.

S&t

sheltering from the sun, the front windows are refitted and the beading and surrounds have been refitted again,some minor fettling and repainting still to do.

the signal posts for matlock have been repainted,theyl need spinning over and repainting again but itl be a couple of weeks as other jobs are more pressing first, in the heat i managed to get three coats of paint on each post as the previous had dried before i even got to finish it

 

forgot to say theres now an albumn of the works upon the ex luffenham box staryed, its still in progress and theres loads more to upload to it.

http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/

also forgot to say the telegraph department lads were extremely busy today working away at Rowsley.

 

Oi Dom, Did you not see myself and Chris Bodell prepping and red oxiding the 8F coach !!!! At last we can start on tarting it up ! Also enjoying the midday sun were Derek Ankers, chopping a new path in the undergrowth at the back of the shed, and Dave Sudbury as acting chief teaboy !
Spotted Harvey in the re enactment group,they've picked a cracking weekend for camping out !

See you around.

Simon H.

 

sorry boss!! by that time i was wilting in the heat, i noticed some new paint on the coach, whats it going to be in the end,what lining??

ps am not down next two weekends to update the news so feel free to update as you see fit boss!!

 

from the peakrail enthusiasts website;

Monday 7 June 2010 at 8.00pm

For a requested £2 donation on the door, which includes sandwiches at the
interval, all welcome to:-

"ROUND BRITAIN TOUR"
slideshow - John Morten

Over the years John has given us many shows of railways in the Peak District,
but tonight he returns to cast the net much wider, with pictures from all the
regions taken by John and his father (the late E.R.Morten) from the 1920s
through to the 1960s.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

N.B. to see some E.R.Morten Peak District photos go to
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page34.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


presented by: Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) at
The Harlequin Pub (upstairs function room)
108 Nursery St,
Sheffield S3 8GG



ps am back of holidays now so will start reupdating again from the weekend!

dom

 

Rowsley today;

Tom senior,Dave and Roger have been refitting the layed bricks for the ash pit road,nearly complete

Tony was working on a coach up at the LMSCA and the heritage shunters trust lads were working up by their workshop, their display shed is having the steelwork for the door supports worked on.

Dave,Roger,Tom,Pete,Mr Massey and myself all worked towards getting the token machine cupboard moved from out of the shed to a better location from whence it can be used better,this was back in working ordeer by the days end.

Next sunday Pete,David and myself will be working upon the box again.

 

s&t

This weekend we started on the semaphore signals fitting out for the derwent end of Riverside when we put them in place, the fittings had previously been fettled up in my shed and given a coat of paint or two a week or two back, but we still needed to raid the stores at Rowsley for the odd bracket or two as usual when putting second hand items back together again you never find all the bits to start with.

there are three semaphores a double and two single armed versions, all will be upper quadrant in nature and will try to use the non standard posts and fittings where possible to make good use of the items weve had in store for years, the more standard clamp around parts will be used for the single posts ,all will be laddered with anti climb boards which for a change will be metal and hinged to the ladders for better security.

We were planning to get some more windows done on the box too but by the time wed completed two of the posts to a stage where some repainting will be needed to tidy up where weve scraped it here n there wed run out of time, im down friday for a few hours so will do that then.


saw the heritage shunters trust lads about and the lmsca were working away too, Harv says hes been working on the class 14,the steelwork for the H.S.T shed doors has been progressing well.

thats all for now folks!