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.
January - December 2001
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Santa Special, 1st
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| At M4M on the day of the 2001 Bus Rally, 15th July 2001
Aldershot & District 503 (a 1964 Dennis Loline III for the cognoscenti), standing with its crew at a destination not shown on the blind. Report & photo: Keith Brown |
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| 1st July 2001: Morris Day at MHR For those of you new to the odd ways of the English, they say it all goes back to fertility rites and magic in the countryside. Much beer is involved in the later stages of the rituals, and some consider this a reason for its continued celebration.
Dancers entertain diners from the lunchtime train at Medstead and Four Marks Photo: Keith Brown (M4M Stationmaster) |
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Still misty mid-morning on 15th February 2001. Looking East from the line approaching Ropley from Alresford.
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| At Alresford late on Friday (2nd Feb) evening, two
MHR carriages were set alight at the Perrins School end of the
headshunt. The two coaches involved are #1806 (Mk1 RMB) and #5243
(un-restored Mk2 SO).
Any information to help Police please ring 0845-0454545 and ask to speak with PC 606 Harding (Alresford) Photos: Chris Cornell and *Jim Russell |
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The first up train from Winchester arrives at Alresford on 30th December 2000, hauled by Urie S15 #506. Alright, it's ECS from sidings for the 1100 train from Alresford to Alton. Photo: Chris Cornell
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| 9th January 2001
Alresford Traincare During the winter months Jim Lawrence spends a lot of time stripping and servicing Still's boilers for their yearly insurance exam. This year he has three to do: Griddle, Camelot, and the Countryman Kitchen car (#1961). This is #1961's boiler ready for its first visual exam. Photo: Chris Cornell |
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4th January 2001:
Two locos stand cold in Ropley Station during shunting operations to move the Ivatt into the shed for its 14-month boiler examination. Photos taken inside #41312's boiler. Photo: Tony Wood |
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Retubing the S15 at Ropley Loco Shed
Download M-peg of Bodmin at speed near Basingstoke. (Video: Mike Wells)
| First regular steam service out of London
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Bodmin awaits departure from London Victoria to Canterbury on 28th June 2000, on the first of the Wednesday Cathedrals Express mainline dining trains *. Photo: Chris Cornell Bodmin on the main line: reports and pictures * Interesting destination: MHR runs alongside The Old Road (Winchester - Canterbury) used by pilgrims for many centuries. |
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