Last night "Little Nellie" entered the railways workshops for stage one of the locos upgrade, this was the application of gold lining to the fronts and sides of the water tanks and also to the back of the cab.

Other upgrades for the loco will be a GWR style safety valve cover, tank top coal bunker, tool box and name/number/works plates.

Above: Nellie poses in platform 1 at Sprowston to show off her new lining
Above: Nellie poses on platform 1 at Sprowston to show off her new lining

Above: Before lining was applied Nellie can be seen departing Weybourne with the IoM set

Above: Before lining was applied Nellie can be seen awaiting departure from Weybourne

Above: Nellie can be seen departing Weybourne

Nellie Steams

One Friday, we steamed Nellie for the first time. We steamed her four times, twice on blocks and twice running round the railway. We are extremely pleased at how controllable the loco is and how well it runs.

Above: the pressure starts to rise for the first time
Above: the first bit of steam appears from the loco
Above: "Little Nellie" running on the railway with IoM stock

Above: two arty pics of Nellie

"Little Nelle" arrives at last!!

Our very first live steam loco arrived today! Built by Accucraft UK Ltd Nellie is an Edrig class loco and has come from the very last batch as a new loco is due to takes its place next year!

Open Day

Our annual Bank Holiday open day was held on Monday and a good selection of locos visited from Fundenhall and Raglen Hall Joint Railways as well as our own fleet.

Above: visiting live steam Lady Anne hauling our IoM stock
Above: Lady Anne at Weyboune

Above: a dirty diesel from Raglen Hall

Above: a scratch built East African diesel from Fundenhall

Above: as usual Raglen Hall supplied the noisiest loco, this Santa Fe loco regularly treated us to a blast of its horn courtesy of several track magnets on the railway...

IoM carriages enter service, new hoppers and Stainz No. 2 returns!

Our IoM carriages are now in service and they seem to look good being hauled by nearly anything! We now have three new hoppers made by Piko, and our very first loco Stainz No.2 named Sue has returned to the railway after being away from the railway for over a year having an overhaul.

Above: Sue passes Kelling halt hauling our new hoppers
Above: a close up of one of the hoppers

Above: During the first day of service on the railway the IoM carriages can be seen here awaiting departure at Weybourne