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 - April 2002
Reports and photos of the Easter 2002 'Thomas'* events
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Neil Davis on 'Canadian Pacific', 31st March 2002, with one of the four
end-to-end service trains during the Easter 'Thomas' events.
This photo shows the typical position of the driver of a Bulleid at line speed. You can't see much through the glass so drivers mostly stick their head out and keep the right hand on the regulator. Firehole door open one notch for secondary air |
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Martin checks boiler pressure and water level on the downhill run towards Ropley |
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Braking to a halt at M4M.
Another typical view of the driver watching the 'Train Pipe' needle of the vacuum gauge for a gentle stop on wet rails Three photos (31st March 2002): Tony Wood |
Several of our webpages are now offered in Japanese (try the link at foot of Main Index page), thanks to translations by Loco Shed volunteer Kyoichi Oda. The word has certainly got around in Japan about our railway . They are avid browsers of this website and we welcome many visitors in person, especially during our 'Thomas' events. (You'll need to have your browser enabled to receive 7-bit Japanese script. Just answer 'yes' when it asks if it should download the patch.)
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MHR's new loco arrives, Black Five #45379. Bob Deeth inspects Photo (1st March 2002): Chris Cornell |
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MHR's restoration work on A4 Bittern is attracting attention world-wide
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departure
A damp, grey 20th January 2002. The Ivatt is just out of the loco yard and awaits the token for Alresford.
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| Photos (20th January 2002): Tony Wood | ... and #41312 departs Ropley to pick up the first train at Alresford |
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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. |
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The Watercress Line,
The Railway Station, Alresford, Hampshire, England, SO24 9JG |
