Yesterday. Saturday 17th July saw the annual 35006 Locomotive Preservation Society members and shareholders day, that took place after 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N.Co. had been in service hauling public services on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway. With over 160 members, shareholders and invited guests (that included some of the team working on fellow … Continue reading A hot 35006 P&O S.N.Co Shareholders and Members day run on @GWSR 17th July #BulleidBrilliance
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The next Steam’s Lament book from Strathwood Books Merchant Navys, Q1, Leader and other works
Following on from the excellent Steam's Lament - Bulleid's Light Pacifics is the next title provided to me by my friends at Strathwood Publishing being Steam's Lament - Bulleid's Merchant Navy, Q1, Leader and Other Works . This follows the same wide landscape format and contains 208 pages often with multiple black and white photographs … Continue reading The next Steam’s Lament book from Strathwood Books Merchant Navys, Q1, Leader and other works
Picture of the Month – July 2020
This months picture... More information about how you can support the 35006 Locomotive Society can be found here. PS. Happy we got rid American Independence Day to my USA readers on the 4th, a date that is overshadowed by my own birthday...
#onthisday 25th April 1970 OVS Bulleid died
#onthisday 25th April 1970 Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid died, aged 87. He was the Southern Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1937 and nationalisation in 1948. He is best celebrated for the development, under wartime conditions, of his Merchant Navy Pacifics which incorporated a host of novel ideas including the enclosed oil bath for the novel … Continue reading #onthisday 25th April 1970 OVS Bulleid died
Bulleid Merchant Navy update: No.11 gets a new Trustee and Director and No.6 and No.28 faultlessly perform #bulleidbrilliance
By the very nature of the fact that you read this blog of mine, you will I am sure like me not help but admire the Bulleid Merchant Navy paciifics in either original air smoothed or their later rebuilt form. It is of course great that a number have been preserved and are at various … Continue reading Bulleid Merchant Navy update: No.11 gets a new Trustee and Director and No.6 and No.28 faultlessly perform #bulleidbrilliance
Reflections on 35006 P&O S.N.Co Shareholders and Members day run (and cab ride) on @GWSR 13th July #BulleidBrilliance
Yesterday evening, 13th July, saw the annual members day event with a dedicated special train purely for members and shareholders of the 35006 Society. It was a chance to ride behind 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co on a private train after No.6 had been in service on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway during the … Continue reading Reflections on 35006 P&O S.N.Co Shareholders and Members day run (and cab ride) on @GWSR 13th July #BulleidBrilliance
Bulleid Merchant Navy update: different stages of preservation especially 35006 and 35011, progress is all positive
You can not help but admire the Bulleid Merchant Navy paciifics in either original air smoothed or their later rebuilt form. Its it great that a number have been preserved and are at various stages of restoration / preservation. Regular readers of this blog will know, via the two dedicated pages that I am shareholder … Continue reading Bulleid Merchant Navy update: different stages of preservation especially 35006 and 35011, progress is all positive
Bulleid Merchant Navy update, including 35028, 35006 and 35018 #bulleidbrillance good, not so good and possibly ugly… [update 24/05/17]
Further to my update of 8th May here regarding Bulleid Merchant Navy pacific 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co and her steaming plans for this month, things change quickly, 35006 was additionally steamed and running services on 16/17/18th May, but now a problem with a repair carried out to P&O in the early days has … Continue reading Bulleid Merchant Navy update, including 35028, 35006 and 35018 #bulleidbrillance good, not so good and possibly ugly… [update 24/05/17]
35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. Steams into to spring and summer #Bulleidbrilliance
This Month sees restored Bulleid pacific 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. return to regular steam on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (GWSR) following the completion of her restoration and return to service last year. So far this year she has already run during March for a series of Private Charter trains in conjunction with the Cheltenham Races Festival, … Continue reading 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. Steams into to spring and summer #Bulleidbrilliance
Talking Stock #36 The rebuilding of the Bulleid Merchant Navy Class and a touch of Workbench Witterings
This week saw the first of the new Hornby 'Original' Merchant Navy Pacifics hitting the retailers, see my Talking Stock #35 post here for more details and also the full size 'Rebuilt' Merchant Navy Pacific 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. steaming in public service for the first time in 2017 on the Gloucestershire and … Continue reading Talking Stock #36 The rebuilding of the Bulleid Merchant Navy Class and a touch of Workbench Witterings