Diesel News

Our new DMU arrives!
Date: 09 February 2012

Thanks to all those who donated to the succesful recent appeal for funds to move it, the 3 car Class 127 DMU given to the railway by the Dart Wyvern group from the South Devon Railway has now arrived. The appeal was successful enough that we have a little money left to put towards returning the unit to traffic, but of course we can also make use of more, so it's never too late to give!

A group is being formed to take care of the unit, and the first working session will be on Saturday 18th February at Alresford. We hope to have the unit serviceable for the watercress festival on the 20th May, so watch this space!

Simon Baggott



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December Hammy News
Date: 10 December 2010

The latest instalment of Hammy News can be found here.



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Hammy News
Date: 06 September 2010

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Latest edition of 45132 Magazine
Date: 14 June 2010

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Hammy News
Date: 07 June 2010

Issue No 4 - June 2010

The purpose of the Hammy News is to keep visitors, volunteers and staff informed of developments with the continued restoration of resident Hampshire Unit 1125 which is an example of what provided passenger services on the railway between 1957 until the railway was closed in 1973 by British Railways.  Unit 1125 first worked the line in April 1960 and formed part of the penultimate service the day the line was closed.  The design life of these units was just 15 years but those units that have made it into preservation are now over 50 years old. 

Work has continued within the motor coach including the replacement of the gouged/etched droplight windows.  At time of going to print there where 8 side windows and 15 drop light (Door) windows in the whole of the unit still needing to be replaced!  The wooden window frames again overhauled by David Edwards from the Wagon group to whom we are grateful.

Doors within the passenger accommodation of the motor coach have started to be stripped as part of the continued overhaul with the aim of returning them to the colour scheme of the early 19...

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45132 Restoration and Preservation Magazine
Date: 17 April 2010

INTRODUCTION

Seasons greetings and welcome to this Winter edition of our newsletter. Highlight of this edition is the authorisation of repairs to the Generator, as announced in the Special Supplement in November. Also there are reports on engine room repainting and progress on restoring Keith Hoddys recently acquired loco for the miniature railway.

PROGRESS

1. Generator

As noted in the November Special Supplement, the Generator has been transferred to Bowers Ltd at Heanor in Derbyshire. This transfer took place Monday / Tuesday, 26th / 27th October 2009 and was completed without incident, with all items being reported as safely arrived at Bowers.

The decision to transfer the repair work was made because Knowlton and Newman’s proposal and quote for a complete rebuild was beyond our budget. Having contacted Mike Jacobs, the owner of Peak 45060 Sherwood Forester, we were put in touch with the company responsible for the successful ...

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