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After another productive day, we are now virtually up to level with the embankment widening north of Lamb House bridge. The additional width will ensure the stability of the embankment and accommodate the cess. Another 20 tonnes of fill should finish ...

The team have again made tremendous progress this week on the embankment North of the bridge. On Wednesday they began by excavating a 1 metre wide shelf all along the existing embankment down to the level of the new embankment. This has been done so ...

Now that the trackbed between the station and Lamb House Bridge has been completed, the team have turned their attention to completing the embankment to the North of the bridge. This is being widened (to accommodate the cess) and straightened on its ...

A big milestone was reached on Saturday: we now have a ballasted track bed from the station yard to Lamb House bridge, to Ch 230. (The last 10 m is being left as a dirt surface for forthcoming bridge works) Work then commenced on widening the emba ...

Last Wednesday more profile boards were set up to the left hand side of the trackbed (looking North): this will make it easier to level the ballast. Today a further 20 tonnes of 6F2 fill were delivered to build up the levels from ch170 to ch230 and r ...

It has been great to see the fantastic progress on the Wickham Trolley in recent weeks. The engine has been repaired and is now back in place. It is interesting to have a clear view during reassembly of the drive mechanism and to see how the flywheel ...

Work was under way yesterday on the sub-base in the area just south of Lamb House Bridge. The level is being set using the profile boards which have been set up using the laser level, and a 1:25 crossfall is being created to drain the surface, away f ...

At last! Some lovely summer weather for the Hey Day at Child Okeford and our team were able to set up our display and show off the Scammell. ...

Work continued at the weekend on the trackbed in the area between the birch tree and the bridge, building the sub base up with 6F5 hardcore to the correct level and gradient. ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our Chairman, Jon Jenkins, at the home of his daughter in Derbyshire on Sunday 9th June. Jon had been Chairman of the NDR for the last three years and was instrumental in the preparation ...

The Pway team made further progress on the trackbed this weekend. The top muddy layer in part of the area between the birch trees and the bridge has been scraped away revealing the firm, compacted material underneath. 6F5 aggregate is now being used ...

Little Eva, our Ruston DS48 loco, is now safely resting on hardwood blocks in the workshop, after a very soggy move from the track to the workshop during a torrential cloudburst last Friday. Many thanks to Alan Wiffen, Phil Jacques, Steve Brown and C ...