It has been clear for some time, that this website has served its purpose. It was created at a time when a new one was needed, and worked well for a while. More recently news has been posted on Facebook and not made it on here. There are several reasons for this, but primarily, to do a good job of reporting, being somewhere near the project is always helpful. Your webmaster has never been particularly close, having been located deep in NER territory at York. That situation ha

|Thanks everyone for your patience. The donations page is now up and running and can be found here . Any loose change (or larger...

We are aware that the donations buttons currently do not work on this site. Please be patient. Didcot Railway Centre has recently changed...

One of the jobs being completed while the boiler is back at Didcot is manufacturing of the cladding sheets, or cleading to give it its...