Wells Harbour Railway News
1st April 2006
The railway is now open for it's 2006 season! Over winter more track has been re-sleepered to ensure a smooth safe ride, as well as the routine maintenance! Howard has proved himself well up to his job, pulling many trains over the last half of last season, and in some less than perfect weather conditions! Lets hope this year will prove to be a much nicer season than the last couple have been with the weather! Hopefully keep you updated on Howard, and bring you some more photos on his first full season at WHR.
4th September 2005
Howard has arrived! A brand new engine named Howard was delivered to the railway at the end of July! Howard was built by Alan Keef Ltd of Ross On Wye, to take some of the strain and mileage off Densil. Howard is mechanically similar to Densil, with some newer evolutions of Densils technology. Howard will be used over the summer to ensure he is fully up to the job, and will then join Densil pulling the majority of the trains.
3rd March 2005
www.wellsharbourrailway.com has had a much overdue update!
Since the last update the railway has been keeping busy, running more trains per season than ever before, although we were hampered by the terrible weather of last summer!
The renovations at the Pinewoods Station have proved to be very benificial, especially during the bad weather, with a nice clean station surface (instead of the old mud pools!) and greatly improved station lighting for the night trains. You can see photos of the difference in the photos section of the website.
As well as the general ongoing maintanance, large amounts of the line have been re-laid as part of an ongoing update, using uprated sleepers, so a more comfortable ride is being developed!
Work has started on the re-building of Weasel to incorporate a Diesel Hydraulic drive system. This work is being carried out by Eric, Alisons father who helps us out on the railway. The work is taking place to create a more suitable back-up engine for Densil and Edmund.
The railway is due to open very soon, due to an early Easter, so final preperations have been taking place at the railway! Take a look at the Timetables section to find out when we will be running (please note that at busy periods a more frequent service will be operated - see station notice boards for latest information. All trains are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice)