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Watching Paint dry

Some updates.When I start a new project,  I have a lot of enthusiasm.  Work commences, and progress is steady for a time.  Then, either a problem arises, some unavoidable delay happens, or I get distracted.  I am sure this is not a …

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Saturday 6th – All change, all change

 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…

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New Year

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…

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Thursday 4th – Shutdown kicks off

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…

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Wednesday 3rd – Great to be back

 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…