Monthly Archives: July 2014

Crookell & Co. Permanent Way Engineers were on site today from Lincolnshire  to attend to the recalcitrant lower curve, which is rapidly acquiring for itself the nickname The Pit (amongst other less repeatable ones). The track was lifted and the track … Continue reading →

A few more days working in the scorching ‘Welsh’ (?) sun,  and the heavy work of re-opening phase two has paid off. The first train ran back to the terminus at Castell Bryan this afternoon. Linda undertook a proving run, … Continue reading →

Network Rail has been involved in some pretty hefty infrastructure projects of late – but anything they can do, the Bryandale Railway can do better! Work started in earnest today on the total re-siting and rebuild of Castell Bryan station. As previously … Continue reading →

Now that the school holidays are here, there is going to be more time to press on with the next stage of reconstruction. I have decided to truncate the line to Castell Bryan and abandon the old terminus, which was … Continue reading →

A proper passenger service was run today for the first time since rebuilding began. I had the FR bowsider pair and the LBR short coach out, oiled them up, steam Linda and away we went. One or two slight track … Continue reading →

Trains ran today on the Bryandale Railway for the first time in several years today. I had spent some time cleaning and oiling up Linda, then put her up on blocks, fuelled and watered, and waited to see what would happen. … Continue reading →

Quite a significant day today –  a relatively short but intense burst of activity rather inconveniently at the back of a rosemary bush – and the new deviation loop track was completed. There’s still a degree of fettling to do … Continue reading →