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Colne Valley Railway Wagon Group
News
January 15, 2025 / January 15, 2025 by Ollie S
Join Adam, Jim & I for another update on the tank wagon. Perhaps one of our more productive work days to date! Click the link below to watch our latest video: https://youtu.be/P5OuVcC5sUA Hopefully another video on the way soon!
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News Tank Wagon
January 12, 2025 / January 12, 2025 by Ollie S
On what felt like the coldest day of the year, I left Adam outside as I enjoyed the warmth of the shop for our regular committee meeting. It went on slightly longer than planned but prior Adam & I spent some time throwing some ideas about in regards to the task of removing the faulty […]
January 2, 2025 / January 2, 2025 by Ollie S
Firstly, a happy new year to all who’ve been following our journey so far. Today Adam & I were once again working on the tank wagon so below you will find pictures as well as text to explain what we managed to get done! Today’s most difficult challenge was removing the final rivet from the […]
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December 25, 2024 / December 24, 2024 by Adam
From all of us at The Colne Valley Railway and the CVR Wagon group, we wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all the support you have shown, and we look forward to welcoming you back in the spring. The wagon group team will continue to work […]
December 25, 2024 / December 25, 2024 by Ollie S
Probably our last post on here before Christmas, so thought I’d come wish you all well during the festive period and update you on what’s been happening! From the picture above, you will see that at our most recent work day, the 3 of us worked well into the darkness, only stopping because the wind […]
Tank Wagon
December 23, 2024 / December 23, 2024 by Adam
Yesterday was a logistics day doing some stores relocation. We worked a bit early morning and late into the darkness after the site closure. Jim and Ollie rode the needle guns to low earth orbit cleaning up the tank ready for priming. I turned steel into liquid working to removing some badly rusted steel held […]
December 14, 2024 / December 14, 2024 by Ollie S
Thankfully no rain today, but temperatures were still very low with the occasional bit of direct sunlight on the tank. What started off as a slow day ended up with some more large steps forwards under the circumstances. Jim continued grafting away at the chassis with the more abrasive wire wheel (an insanely time consuming […]
Longer reads Tank Wagon
December 6, 2024 / December 16, 2024 by Adam
Explore the differences between class A and B tank wagons and how certain materials earnt their classification as well as how milk was classified.
December 1, 2024 / December 2, 2024 by Adam
Jim this weekend did a lot of cleaning on Esso 1855 and ended the weekend with some primer, he spoke about this in some videos on our Facebook page. Ollie and I arrived, and unexpectedly, it rained. Comfort was provided in the form of a sausage roll and Rice Krispy Christmas pudding. Before the rain, […]
November 24, 2024 / November 24, 2024 by Ollie S
Quick update from the CVRWG today in the midst of Storm Bert. With progress well underway on various parts of the tank, Adam & I decided it was time to tackle another major job. The metal on top of one end of the chassis. (Of course all of it suffers from the usual rust and […]
