News * NEW VIDEO * – The Tank Lift! January 15, 2025 / January 15, 2025 by Adam Join Adam, Jim & I for another update on the tank wagon. Perhaps one of our more productive work days to date! Click the link below to watch our latest video: https://youtu.be/P5OuVcC5sUA Hopefully another video on the way soon! Read more »
News Tank Wagon Still Winter but we talk Spring(s)! January 12, 2025 / January 12, 2025 by Adam On what felt like the coldest day of the year, I left Adam outside as I enjoyed the warmth of the shop for our regular committee meeting. It went on slightly longer than planned but prior Adam & I spent some time throwing some ideas about in regards to the task of removing the faulty […] Read more »
News Tank Wagon World’s Strongest Rivet…. January 2, 2025 / January 2, 2025 by Adam Firstly, a happy new year to all who’ve been following our journey so far. Today Adam & I were once again working on the tank wagon so below you will find pictures as well as text to explain what we managed to get done! Today’s most difficult challenge was removing the final rivet from the […] Read more »
Uncategorized Merry Christmas to you all. December 25, 2024 / December 24, 2024 by Adam From all of us at The Colne Valley Railway and the CVR Wagon group, we wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all the support you have shown, and we look forward to welcoming you back in the spring. The wagon group team will continue to work […] Read more »
News Tank Wagon Hello darkness my old friend… December 25, 2024 / December 25, 2024 by Adam Probably our last post on here before Christmas, so thought I’d come wish you all well during the festive period and update you on what’s been happening! From the picture above, you will see that at our most recent work day, the 3 of us worked well into the darkness, only stopping because the wind […] Read more »
Tank Wagon Liquified metal December 23, 2024 / December 23, 2024 by Adam Yesterday was a logistics day doing some stores relocation. We worked a bit early morning and late into the darkness after the site closure. Jim and Ollie rode the needle guns to low earth orbit cleaning up the tank ready for priming. I turned steel into liquid working to removing some badly rusted steel held […] Read more »
News Tank Wagon We’re back, but it’s cold! December 14, 2024 / December 14, 2024 by Adam Thankfully no rain today, but temperatures were still very low with the occasional bit of direct sunlight on the tank. What started off as a slow day ended up with some more large steps forwards under the circumstances. Jim continued grafting away at the chassis with the more abrasive wire wheel (an insanely time consuming […] Read more »
Longer reads Tank Wagon Tank wagon classes A and B and the differences December 6, 2024 / December 16, 2024 by Adam Explore the differences between class A and B tank wagons and how certain materials earnt their classification as well as how milk was classified. Read more »
Tank Wagon Unexpectedly, it rained. December 1, 2024 / December 2, 2024 by Adam Jim this weekend did a lot of cleaning on Esso 1855 and ended the weekend with some primer, he spoke about this in some videos on our Facebook page. Ollie and I arrived, and unexpectedly, it rained. Comfort was provided in the form of a sausage roll and Rice Krispy Christmas pudding. Before the rain, […] Read more »
Tank Wagon A New Challenge! November 24, 2024 / November 24, 2024 by Adam Quick update from the CVRWG today in the midst of Storm Bert. With progress well underway on various parts of the tank, Adam & I decided it was time to tackle another major job. The metal on top of one end of the chassis. (Of course all of it suffers from the usual rust and […] Read more »
