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Peter's Santa Swansong
Peter's last duties before overhaul.
Motor Rail Simplex MR11001 overhaul
Overhaul of the 3-cylinder Dorman engine is on-going but not without difficulty.
We celebrate another 100th birthday - with even more cake ... !
Our August Petrol Locos Day saw us celebrating another centenary, that of the World War I petrol Motor Rail, which was built for use in the trenches but in the end, never actually got there.
We celebrate Peter's 100th birthday - with cake ... !
At Gala Weekend we celebrated Peter's centenary with a birthday cake and launched the Just Giving campaign to raise funds for the overhaul needed on expiry of the boiler certificate later this year.
A story of Peckett worksplates
We made a discoverythat the Peckett worksplates in the Museum collection were not what they seemed. How did that happen? You are about to find out.
2018
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