Chris Hoskin
Happy Easter, happy boiler progress!
It is a Happy Easter when we get photos from HSBB showing progress on our boiler. The pictures below show an internal plate being fitted,...
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Chris Hoskin
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Scale catcher
Latest images coming from HBSS of the boiler progress show the completed delivery tray for the feed water. This is located with the left...
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Chris Hoskin
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
Tender loving care
Well it is Valentine's Day... Here are the latest pictures from Didcot of the tender next to the loco, the tender water level indicator...
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Chris Hoskin
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
New views
A mini update this time with a couple of pictures taken of the new tender looking across the locomotive with the distinctive straight...
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Chris Hoskin
- Jan 14, 2022
- 1 min
Hoping for a great year
With the New Year having dawned, many of us are hopeful for an end to the uncertainty of the last two, with some commenting that this...
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Chris Hoskin
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Every little count(ie)s
This week the funding thermometer has been updated and as you can see we creeping closer and closer to our target. With the Saint...
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Chris Hoskin
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
The wider the better
Brunel probably approved. Not of the gauge, but this new tender is the wider Hawksworth variety, not seen in the wild since 1964. Here is...
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Chris Hoskin
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Fill 'er up!
Thanks to our friend of the project Michael at 81E Reproductions the new tender will now be sporting this rather nice water level...
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Chris Hoskin
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Further Flatpack instructions
Hot on the heels of the previous post, I received another pigeon from Didcot with a full set of pictures from the work that was carried...
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Chris Hoskin
- Sep 23, 2021
- 1 min
No stopping now
The speed that the team are working at now is getting to the point I can't keep up with reporting on it. This afternoon, another email...
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Chris Hoskin
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Flat pack progress
Well, that didn't take long did it? No sooner had the post about the tender flat pack been posted then another email arrived with this...
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Chris Hoskin
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
New Tender
Work has begun on the new 8'6" wide Hawksworth tender tank. As those of you with a passing interest in the musical tender world of the...
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Chris Hoskin
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Further motion
A fresh batch of pictures have arrived from Didcot of the latest working party showing the motion components being unloaded from the...
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Chris Hoskin
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Back in motion
A series of well wrapped lumps appeared in the wagon for delivery to Didcot this week... Closer inspection revealed the motion for the...
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Chris Hoskin
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Fundraising update
I'm pleased to report that funding has reached £1,020,000 which has revealed the running plate on our graphic. This is such an excellent...
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Chris Hoskin
- May 29, 2021
- 1 min
Letting off steam
It's important that we all let off steam once in a while. And that too goes for the County, as for any steam locomotive. Fortunately we...
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Chris Hoskin
- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
Funding update
It's great to be able to report that funding for the new 1014 County of Glamorgan has passed the £1 million mark! This is a great...
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Chris Hoskin
- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
Flat pack
Some great news just in. Dicky Boast visited Richard Goodman Engineering Works in Nottingham yesterday to inspect the parts for our...
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Chris Hoskin
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Ready for posting
It's always good when you get an unexpected update. Here are some photos taken on the off chance by one of our followers while carrying...
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Chris Hoskin
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
Coming apart to get together
A photograph from last weekend shows the chimney being removed from the smokebox of the County. As many of you know the chimney is the...
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