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04/05/24 and 07/05/24 – Lots of oiling, a shunt, and a Deltic.
The main job for Saturday was to oil and inspect all of the wagons required for both the Deltic driving course and the Tornado photo charter. With a good turnout we all set about pulling axle boxes apart and checking … Continue reading
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21/04/24 – Finishing Touches
If you’ve missed the news, we now have a vacuum fitted rake, but there were still a few outstanding little jobs to tick off before we can have a play with the Deltic and Tornado. There was another good turnout … Continue reading
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29/03/24, 02/04/24, & 06/04/24 – Triumph and Success
Well that’s it, we’ve done it, and should be rightly very proud. At the end of November we embarked on a massive project to realise the dream of the founding members of the NVR Wagon Group which started as ‘The … Continue reading
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Friday 24th May 2024 – An East Coast Freight Storm Photo Charter
This event was originally scheduled for Tuesday 2nd April, but has been postponed due to work on the locomotive taking longer than expected. All customers who have already booked will be contacted with arrangements for the new date. The Package … Continue reading
23-24/03/24 – Thomas and the troublesome vacuum cylinder
The weekend saw a busy couple of days for the wagon group, with our Thomas driving course on Saturday and a working session on Sunday. Firstly, the Thomas driving course was a massive success with happy customers and positive comments … Continue reading
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09/03/24 – More pipes and hoses
This week there has been two full sessions and a bit of homework. On Saturday there was a team effort to get two jobs achieved. The first of these was stripping and cleaning three vacuum cylinders. Paul, Mark, Alan, Colin, … Continue reading
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23-24/02/24 – The Conflat, the hoses, and a freight course
On Friday we hosted our first freight driving course of the year with resident locomotive DL83. Everything went according to plan, the sun was shining, and everyone had a fantastic day. The participants got an opportunity to drive, act as … Continue reading
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10/02/24 – Three out of three and almost a fourth
Work continued today on our vacuum fitting project towards the main aim of an Express Freight Rake. The previous sessions had seen Palvan B778810 and Standard Van B761651 complete, but untested. Also, Standard Van B786075 was very close to being … Continue reading
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28/01/24 – Steady progress
Another session on vacuum fitting today saw a small, but dedicated team make further good progress. Tim was feeling under the weather, so took on a supervisory role that allowed some social distancing away from the others. The first job … Continue reading
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16/01/24 – One out and one in
As a bit of an impromptu session, Tim, Paul, and Steve, headed to Wansford determined to achieve some more vac fitting. The first job was to get another vacuum cylinder overhauled, so whilst Steve and Paul collected the necessary bits … Continue reading
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13/01/24 – On a roll
Another great turnout saw more progress at Wansford with the vac fitting. The ‘A-Team’ were kept busy overhauling cylinders in the shed, whilst the ‘B-Team’ were outside dropping cylinders off the remaining vans that still have cylinders under. There were … Continue reading
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Suck it and see
A slightly late update covering the work carried out on Saturday 30th December by the group…. There was a good turnout at Wansford to continue with the vac fitting of the vehicles that are currently in Wansford Yard. We formed … Continue reading
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