Long time no see!

Sorry it's been so long, folks, I just haven't found the time recently. A lot of stuff has happened since March though! Bluebell 50th, 45379's first steaming, the fire at the Watercress Line, Caley 828, the list goes on and on! Too much for a blog post, at any rate! But let's just look at the highlights, shall we? Well, there was the Bluebell 50th, which saw a LOT happen. Baxter, the petrol shunter and Stepney were all right as rain when the celebrations went on. I wasn't there to see it, but from what I saw on the website it seemed pretty awesome! Also in the big news was the fact that Tornado got withdrawn! Big news, eh? There are engines WAAAAYY older than Tornado that run faultlessly, so that just added to the drama! From what I've read it's something to do with the stays or something, so that's a bit serious. There's a lot more news, as previously mentioned, but these posts can only take so much railway news, can't they? Well, see ya!

In the works at the Bluebell

Well, well ,well! 178's back as Pioneer II, and boy does it look great! Plus, Baxter's boiler is back in the frames, and now he's waiting for various things such as cladding ,tanks etc. 323 is in the works now, stripped down to her frames, Stepney's frames have been washed and the boiler is under overhaul, 847 has had it's cab and smokebox replaced on the rolling chassis, 263 is having it's wheels painted and 73082 is, well, I don't quite know what's goin' on there. Still, 2010 is shaping up to be one heck of a year, what with Cromwell opening the NNR's rail connection to the national network! See ya soon, and hopefully even more will have happened by then! Byee!

Happy New Year!

Happy (belated) New Year! 2010 looks set to be a brilliant year for steam, and it has already given us B473 and 47406! With 178 set to return this weekend, others set to return in time for Bluebell 50 and many main line and heritage railway returns like Britannia and 80097 due this year, 2010 is almost certainly going to be a brilliant year for steam! And as a New Year's resolution I'll try to post more!