Photo: The Network Rail team discuss the position of the stop block with Carolyn Jones and Rob Gerrard. One of the restrictions during...

Photo: As the rain arrives Andrew Woodhall shunts the torpedo wagon Just six months after the Office of Road & Rail granted our mainline...

Back in November last year the Oldminster fencing team celebrated the remarkable target of erecting 100 fence panels, appropriately...

They say volunteering changes your outlook on life. For Henry Biggin, it meant an unusual view of Oldminster Sidings, through the frames...

Members of the Permanent Way team have worked long and hard to realign and rebuild points 2 and 3 at Oldminster Sidings, which are...

A welcome haven for our volunteers and somewhere to have lunch, plan the next task and put the world to rights. Comprehensively...

Providing the soundtrack for our participation in the Railway 200  WhistleUp200 were our Ruston 88, with toots, hoots and whistles...

Here is the framework for the temporary Loco shelter on road one. We hope to get the cover in place this week,

This could very well delay some of the plans for this week

Things are happening at the sidings. Here are some of the containers with awnings between

Now there are both units from Wishaw at Sharpness it should be easier for the team to get on with the cleanup following the neglect while...

The machine shop has finished the collar that was being made to replace the one in the Ruston gearbox that was a bit “chewed up “ This...

Now to remove the large casting on top of the 2nd clutch shaft. And then the 2nd clutch shaft was lifted out. Here it is with one of the...

There were unpleasant grinding noises from the gearbox when the Loco was moving, The gearbox is a huge unit and would be impossible to...

Join us at Sharpness Sports and Social Club (formerly Sharpness Dockers Club) from 12:00. Free entry, family activity, talks and...

This lovely little Shunter has been purchased from the S&DRT at Washford. Here it is alongside our Fireless Locomotive, by Andrew Barclay...

With thanks to Jay Bee Plant Work at Oldminster Sidings can step up a gear now that the VoBR has its very own digger. Careful...

All the timbers are removed now to reveal the bare chassis. In places it has wasted away quite badly. Many of the rivets have lost their...

This wagon has now had most of the deck timbers removed. This reveals the chassis which is in fairly good condition. The buffers &...

We were fortunate to have a few beautiful late summer days for the all-important annual strimming of Oldminster Sidings. Tasks like these...