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 The first Saturday of the close season, so that means a big shunt to move everything around and make a start on winter maintenance.Of course while having all 26 odd operational carriages at Winchcombe has its benefits, it can get a bit crowded. M…

Last year we started January with a summary table of the fleet, which went down well, so we thought we should repeat this. You can compare the situation to last year and most will agree there are only very minor differences.Returning to the workshop, t…

With more returning after the Christmas-New Year break it was a busy day, with more concentrated effort on Winter maintenance.Walking with Dennis up on to Platform 2, a quick pause to photograph both running rakes in the station. With the end to the ru…

 Hi everyone, it’s great to be back after the festive season. To be fair so many did the Santa specials, it must feel to them never ending. We know however the Santa experience was immensely successful .Today we were very few in number for various…

Happy New Year!Firstly a great big thank you for all the very kind comments received over the past year, especially after Alex’s Roundup of 2023. It’s very heartening to know that all the work we do at C&W and the efforts made to publish our activi…