Web updates - 2005

The latest changes to the site are listed here. We hope to update this site often, so please Bookmark this page (or add to Favourites), and come back regularly to check for the latest updates.

6th December

• Update to 4566 GWR 2-6-2 overhaul page and a new page showing the casting of the new buffers.
• Update to 2857 overhaul page.

1st December

• Update to 9103 restoration page.

21st November

• 9055 page updated
• New links added to 82045 and Railways in Worcestershire

31st October

• New page of images around Bewdley MPD.

28th October

• Updates to John Tarrant Memorial Tables, 9103 restoration and 9369 pages.

7th October

• Update to 4566 GWR 2-6-2 and 7812 Erlestoke Manor overhaul pages.

28th September

• New page of images from the Autumn Gala.

20th September

• Web addresses updated for GWR 7202 and 3822 and Western Locomotive Association
• New Notes for Members page added

1st September

• Auto Tank 1450 arrives early.

10th August

• New page showing production of a pattern to cast new GW Steam Heat Radiators

29th June

• New page for the John Tarrant Memorial Tables

28th June

• The following broken links removed from the links page: Greenford East Station Box, Gerald Baker, 7200 Trust, Martins preserved coach site, The Railways of Gloucester.
• The SVR Volunteer Recruitment site is currently off-line but should be reinstated soon. In the meantime the new email address is vlo@svr.co.uk
• Photos added to 4566 and 2857 overhaul pages as a reminder of how they look whole!

22nd June

• New page with brief details of stock running in Limited diner.

20th June

• Update to 9103 restoration page.

15th June

• Two pages added covering overhauls of 7812 Erlestoke Manor and 2857.

10th June

• Update to overhaul of 4566 GWR 2-6-2 page.

9th June

• New page of images of visiting Pannier Tank No 1638 at the Branch Line Gala Spring 2005, courtesy of Richard Shaw.

25th May

• Update to BR FO 3103 and 3109 overhaul page. 3109 (aka 123) is still in Bewdley paintshop undergoing a thorough overhaul and likely to be there for another 3 months.

19th May

• New page added for overhaul of 4566 GWR 2-6-2.

5th May

• Extra photos added to Kidderminster Carriage Shed page.
• New page added for Kidderminster Station.

29th April

• Page added for Hampton Loade Station.

26th April

• 9103 restoration information now split into three pages; 9103 restoration, 2004 restoration and, a new updated page, 2005 restoration.
• New page - FO 3109 back in traffic after overhaul.
• Update to 1667 overhaul page
• Updates to Membership application forms to include email address for electronic Newsletter
• Update to 650 restortion page

14th April

• Day Return to Swindon A few images in and around STEAM Swindon.

30th March

• New page for Kidderminster Carriage Shed added.

18th March

• Updated link for 6024 Preservation Society Ltd
• Links added for 6024 - Unofficial (includes footage of 6024 double headed with 7802 on its surprise mainline jaunt 28th Feb), Dinmore Manor, 5542 Limited, Steam Index and Heritage Railway Magazine
• Details of our new format Newsletter added to the How to Help page.

9th March

• Site transferred to a new, and hopefully more reliable, host. As a result any bookmark or favourites pages may need updating.

27th January 2005

• Update to Churchward 3930 page with interior views and details of the initial restoration work carried out when it first arrived at Bewdley back in 1969.
• Link added to Friends of Swindon Railway Museum the site includes a short working history of 9303.
• Link added to GWR Modelling - an extensive for modellers resource by Mikkel Funder, who also provided the basis for the links page.