Various peripheral items need to be sourced for use at our future stations required for the railway’s extension. For example, we already have in store an original signal box desk, lever frames, signals, Electric Train Tablet instruments, and platform lanterns.
Chris Duffell has sent us these photos taken during the Friday 26th November survey to provide information required prior to the design of Bridge 64 - which requires a new deck.
Bob Barnard has sent us this piece regarding a talk he gave at the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, Minor Railways Section Seminar at Kidderminster two weeks ago:
Raising the Profile of L&B Signalling and Telecoms
Over the three-day period, we had up to 35 volunteers at different times in attendance. The storm on Friday night didn’t stop us either, apart from slowing down the kettle boiling on Saturday morning as we had lost power. However, in true railway tradition, quick thinking prevailed and the pending disaster was circumvented by using a portable generator to heat the kettle.
On Wednesday 1st December, Nigel Thompson and John Morson (L&BR CIC - Director) attended the National Railway Heritage Awards ceremony at Merchant Taylors Hall, London to represent the L&BR who were shortlisted as one of three entries for the Hendy & Pendle Volunteers Award. This Award is specifically for projects having significant volunteer input, for an historic railway or tramway building or structure in any ownership.