Uncategorized Welding holes continues April 6, 2025 / April 6, 2025 by Adam The tank had 5 holes. It will never contain liquids again, but we have to repair these holes. Over the past couple of weeks, I have worked to repair these holes. So far, three of five have been repaired. Here is an update on the latest one. In the following image, you can see the […] Read more »
Longer reads Wagon preservation challenges in heritage railways March 18, 2025 / March 20, 2025 by Adam Every heritage organisation involved in preserving history has the same core issues: money, labour, time, and desire. If you don’t have a group of people with the desire and time to preserve something – and in this context, we are talking about wagons, nothing will be preserved. You could argue to a point that, with […] Read more »
Tank Wagon Welding. Cutting. March 14, 2025 by Adam 1855 has not been a sealed tank for a long time. It has had a few corrosion issues. It has four holes in it. Over Christmas, I set to preparing to repair one of the holes. Its taken nearly 3 months to get this far due to lack of proper tools (a suitable welder) and […] Read more »
Tank Wagon Needling at 90%! February 23, 2025 / February 23, 2025 by Adam Whilst Adam continued work on our new workbench, I used the railway being closed to make plenty of noise with the needle gun. Unfortunately there’s a lot of tasks now involving the needle gun and wire wheel which is very very time consuming. So if you’re reading this and want to lend us a hand […] Read more »
News Tank Wagon Templates ticked off! February 16, 2025 / February 16, 2025 by Adam This weekend we ticked off a ‘must do’ job, which was to remake the template for the saddles that sit under the tank. Adam did some clever calculations that allowed us to get an accurate curve marked out onto a large sheet of plywood and then I jigsaw’ed out the shape. We test fit it […] Read more »
Uncategorized Video Update: Esso Tank Wagon Meets the Gas Axe February 10, 2025 / February 10, 2025 by Adam Enjoy! Read more »
News Tank Wagon A Break From Rain! February 8, 2025 / February 8, 2025 by Adam Following on from Adam’s post, I just wanted to show some more picture of the work we managed to get up to a few days ago. Having all the old metal off the wagon is a huge step forwards for us! Above you can see the prep work to get this stanchion off the end […] Read more »
Tank Wagon There is nothing left to come off! February 7, 2025 / February 7, 2025 by Adam So yesterday, Ollie and I worked on the stanchion removal and final tank strap. They are all off now and then I worked into the darkness to remove all of the metal that attached the stanchion to the wagon – including the rivets. This is another massive milestone in the progress of 1855, as it […] Read more »
Tank Wagon Raining on 1855’s parade January 27, 2025 / January 27, 2025 by Adam This weekend started cold and quickly turned cold and wet. I have a rule. I will be cold, wet or hungry, but only 1 of those at any one time, so refuge was sought via Pot Noodles and the warmth of a Spaniel at home. Saturday, I had another CVR volunteer help me; thank you, […] Read more »
News Tank Wagon A ‘spring’ in our step now! January 19, 2025 / January 19, 2025 by Adam Hi all, today I posted a slightly different video over on my YouTube channel! We are looking to raise the funds to cover an additional leaf spring overhaul as well as the one we had planned to send off. This means the two rear springs can be refurbished at the same time. The feedback already […] Read more »
