2021
June
The Final Furlong
Mid week blues, and greys
Déjà Blue
May
Bank Holiday coach progression
Gloss on high
Vans on the move and Roof progress
Tank Train Together
Scrape, Scrape the roof.
April
Less and less Yellow
Frantic wagon restoration
3rd national lockdown restrictions reduce non essential volunteering permitted
Wrapping up the mixed.
Easter Brakes
March
Oiling and Overhauls
Short & Sweet
Bearing up
Returning for Routine
3rd national lockdown continues, authorised on site to carry out essential maintenance to allow our fleet to operate .
February
500817 bought from Llangollen Railway
6463 bought from Llangollen Railway
Support Vehicles
Why do you restore wagons?
January
Here we go again
3rd National Lockdown begins
Tank you for the New Year wishes
End of year review
2020
December
Bumper Christmas Tank Wagon push.
Tanking Along
Tank might fly
Hopper a little further and another Tank
2nd National Lockdown ends, Tier system implemented
November
Hilarity and a hopper
Happy 18th Jake
Keeping busy
We Continue
2nd National Lockdown begins
Once more unto the breach.
October
BR road pair.
Medfit Loaded
Containerised Freight Revival
Rain shall not beat us
September
Yellow no more
Two more doors
7 day bumper wagon update
Sealing it in (or out)
August
Time to cover up
A Pooley chosen livery
Mineral done, Medfit next
All about the Mineral
July
B786181 Donated by East Midlands Railway
One more in the mix
Odd Jobs
Con-pleted
Deja-con’s
June
B55897B Bought from Scrap Merchant in Morecambe
Container puns dwindling
Once, twice, three times a Container
Unable to Container the excitement
We are back
Lockdown eases, work recommences
March
Covid-19 pandemic, all work ceases.
Patience pays off
Spray it and hope it sticks…
Tar and Bitumen
Flats, Feeds and Filming Fun.
February
Road trailer antics
Dennis the Menace
HRA Annual Awards
And its all Yellow
January
Winter Gala
Charters, Coaches and Cylinders
The living van saga continues
Post-Christmas Working
End of year review.
2019
December
It’s Christmas
Doors & Windows
Mostly Fitted Freight
Brake Overhauls continue
Overhauled, but still no suck…
November
Well, they all suck(ish)…
Loaded and Secured
The Last Paint
Quorn Wetter & Wetter
October
Rain Rain Go Away
Rain, Resin, and Bitumen
Con-tinuing despite the rain
Autumn Gala
September
Steel, Wood, and Fibreglass
Conflats and Containers
Back on the Wagon(s)
Test Car on display
Test Car Done
August
A Splash of Colour
Matt on a hot tin roof
Test Car two sides
Déjà Two (car)
July
BD4304B Bought from Barnsley
BD4303B Bought from Barnsley
Quorn Wet & Wet
The other side
Then 2 turn up.
Cheerio Matey
Dumper Doctor
A mid-week Con.
June
Lines and Squares
BLUE!
Red, White and………..not yet!
Grey Days
Independent Test Car
May
Shunted around and about
Chassis and Essays
The Joy of Painting
Brakes hard on.
April
Operating arms and bases
An “eggcellent” bank holiday
It will soon suck once again
A touch of gloss
March
First (spray) Paint
“You only paint them”
Framed again
Business as usual
February
Getting Ready…
A Buckeye? That’s not a wagon coupling, how does that go on……
QXA to QXX
Testing times ahead
January
“I’m Postman Matt and no, I don’t have a cat!”
Shochood B, Aesthetically
Winters are for Westerns
Hoodwinked
End of Year Review
2018
December
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wonderful weather… for shark spanners!
Odd jobs
Feeling hot hot hot.
Bricking it
November
B462709 Bought from Derby Litchurch Lane
Don’t get hooked up on that!
Home Comforts
Lest We Forget
I’ve put the stove on, time for a sit down.
October
Did you set the clocks back?
Evolution of an S
Down came the rain and washed the wagons out.
Tanks, Tank Flats and TPOs
September
St Rollox to it
The end is in sight!
Well well well, time for a break or is that a brake?
Diesel Hauled Postals and other tales.
Air today, gone tomorrow.
August
It came off in my hands (honest)!
The battle is almost over
1T57 50 years
Midland again
July
M500954 Bought from David Clarke Railway Trust
Matthew 7:25
A new skin(ish)
Seat backs and planks off
Midland Brakes
Don’t touch, If its White, Cream or Bauxite its wet.
June
ADB975397 joins the fleet
Mind your head on the door!!
Finishing touches
Sole Bar, Internals and Brake adjust
All in the details
May
“Mind the lamp irons”
Shock(ing) Van
Goods Galore
A Shock all over again
April
Small tasks
Insul-Fish complete
Mr. Blue Sky appears again!
A very blue Fish Van
B850498 Job Done
Final Touches and Signwriting
Top coat on
March
Signwriting preparation
We have painted!
Snow, Scraping and Sanding
Shocking stencils
Two become one
February
Roof sheets to the wind…
Brakes, Brake Vans and Broken Floors
Waiting for the weather
Sheet, Mail and more Shock Gear
Vans back in time
January
Posters, Postals and Photo-charters!
Shock and Parcels
New Logo
Bars and ‘End Doors’
Axle Exams
The Winter Project
2003
September
Donor Chassis used for B786348 Bought
March
B461074 Bought from the Old Dalby Test Track
February
1992
B721587 Bought from Duddeston Wagon Shops
January
DB984642 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
DB984713 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
DB985730 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
DB985884 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
DB985933 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
DB990585 Bought from Peterborough West Yard
