Weekly Progress Report - Motion amongst the ranks!

Apologies for the lack of reports over the summer, our IT department has been struggling some what! Here's a round up of what has been happening since the end of our running season a couple of weeks ago.

In the Motive Power Department the big news story is that after 12 months of hard restoration Hibberd 4008 took its first steps under its own power up the steeply graded 1 in 27 incline to Middleton, now the team turns to stopping the locomotive - a huge success for the team! Recently back in service L16 PEGGY has seen regular action along with PETER on Permanent Way Jobs.

In the Permanent Way Department much has been happening. The rear point onto the mainline at Steeplehouse has had work carried out on it to remove a large dip in the middle of the pointwork making it uncomfortable for passengers, this has now been fixed and is much smoother. Recently they have turned their attention to the branch line platform at Steeplehouse, extending it by a further locomotive length.

Until next week, where we continue with endeavours to prepare for Santa!

 

Permanent Way Department at Steeplehouse

Hibberd 4008 Test Train