MHR Official Website Loco Shed pages comprise the original steam railway docusoap website, updated several times each week. Follow our volunteers as they work to keep steam alive - not dead in a museum! Watch over their shoulders as these wonderful machines are restored, maintained and run; as replacement parts are made and fitted; as MHR carries steam enthusiasts, families and footplate students faster, safer, more stylishly, month on month. Visit us, see, hear, and experience the thrill of powerful steam locos working really hard for mile upon mile up our long, steep gradients.
June - August 2004
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'Days Out With Thomas' 7th - 15th August 2004 |
| 12th August 2004: Douglas and Daisy
at Alresford
Photo (12th August 2004): John Sanders |
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| 8th August 2004: Douglas at Alresford
Photo (8th August 2004): Tony Wood Movie : Douglas with high-speed goods train Movie ( .avi, 3.6MB, Alresford, 12th August 2004): John Sanders Movie of a race between Thomas and Diesel (1.4MB, 7 Aug 2004): Marcus Dawson
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Trevor the Traction Engine in Alresford station forecourt
Photo (8th August 2004): Tony Wood
More details of our Thomas events James Mayl reports on his visit to the event on 7th August 2004 |
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29th July 2004: GWR Class 56xx #5637 visits MHR from East Somerset Railway for a couple of weeks in September 2004 for our Steam Gala Weekend. Ivatt #41312 then goes to ESR for their gala. Other gala visitors include Bulleid West Country #34045 Ottery St Mary (Taw Valley in disguise). Double-headed West Countries up Medstead Bank, anyone?
Reports, photos and movies of the Sept 2004 Steam Gala
#5637 on shed at ESR, being prepared for the day's work Photo (27th September 2003): Gavin Moore
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28th July 2004: News of 'The Wednesday Gang'
| 26th July 2004:
Ivatt 2-6-2 #41312 on a service train at Alton following return to service after firebox work |
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Jim Pitt (Editor of Mid Hants News) visits M4M using the Alresford-M4M
Thumper shuttle
Two photos (25th July 2004): David Charlesworth |
24th July 2004: In the Time Off section of today's Independent on Sunday, Page 7 is about the Sunny South Special trains to Weymouth, with photos of #73096 on pages 1 & 7:
" The Green Machine doesn't let us down as we speed back through the lengthening shadows of Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey over a freshly-prepared supper of fresh crab and prawns, followed by roast guinea fowl. Late commuters blink as they watch 73096 uncouple at Clapham Junction." (Michael Williams, IoS, 24th July 2004)
| 23rd July 2004: Harvests all along the line.
Dust was drifting across the line at Wanders Curve from a combine still at work Photo (at Ropley, 23rd July 2004): Tony Wood |
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| 15th July 2004:
#73096 and The Green Train, just arrived at Bishops Lydeard (West Somerset Railway) in the rain. Small Prairie No.5553 is ready to take its WSR service train to Minehead Photo (26th June 2004 at West Somerset Railway) and report: David Charlesworth |
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| 14th July 2004:
The Collett Goods #3205 was a most welcome visitor, and departed on12th July 2004 after spending a couple of weeks at MHR to take the place of the Ivatt which was only days from completion of boiler work. Henry O'Dwyer caught this shot in one of his favourite spots, and it shows the unique silhouette of the loco rather well. |
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| 14th July 2004:
... and David Charlesworth took these on 11th July 2004 (at Medstead, Alresford, and Alton) |
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25th June 2004:
Lovely Collett Goods 0-6-0 arrived from South Devon Railway late this afternoon for a stay of a few weeks whilst our Ivatt 2-6-2 is having its inner firebox patched. We are grateful both to GWR who had already booked it but allowed us to have it first, and to the loco's owners: 2251 Fund
Photos (Alresford, 1640hr 25th June 2004): Tony Wood |
War
on the Line event, 19-20th June 2004:
photos
& more photos
& more photos
| 12th June 2004:
From: Jim Russell Ropley station at 2210 last night - I thought it looked particularly attractive Two photos (12th June 2004): Jim Russell |
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The Watercress Line's own quarterly journal Mid-Hants News is available FREE to all Society members, or £2 plus 50p postage and packing to non-Society members. |
