Bank Holiday Weekend Services

Posted on May 22, 2015 by corwinb

Steam trains will be in operation this coming Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. Kilmersdon will be doing the honours, seen here looking very smart.

Note: I do apologise for previously publishing inaccurate information regarding operating days this year, this was a mistake which has now been corrected by linking through to the official M Shed page. Please note that this is an unofficial blog site maintained by a volunteer, and that the best place for information on opening times and events is the M Shed website.

Steam Trains this Bank Holiday Weekend

Posted on May 1, 2015 by corwinb

Kilmersdon sits outside the shed, a warming fire having been lit ready for services this weekend.

Video of Kilmersdon on the Harbourside

Posted on April 7, 2015 by corwinb

Callum Willcox took this great footage of visiting Peckett 0-4-0ST ‘Kilmersdon’ giving passenger rides in the glorious sunshine on 6th April 2015.

‘Kilmersdon’ at work

Posted on April 4, 2015 by corwinb

Blue skies and blue locomotive today, as Peckett 0-4-0ST ‘Kilmersdon’ is at work on passenger trains for the first services of 2015. The SS Great Britain and New Cut branches are in operation, come down to the docks for a ride!

Steam trains running this Easter Weekend!

Posted on April 2, 2015 by corwinb

It’s the first BHR operating weekend of the year, with 3 days of steam-hauled train rides planned.

Saturday 4th April

Sunday 5th April

Monday 6th April.

Visiting Bristol-built Peckett 0-4-0st ‘Kilmersdon’ will be providing motive power.

Kilmersdon working a charter train at the BHR in the 1990s (Author unknown)

(Geof Sheppard, C/O Wikipedia)

‘Kilmersdon’ was built by Peckett in 1929 and numbered 1788. It worked at the NCB’s Kilmersdon Colliery in Somerset and now belongs to the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust.

She has previously visited the BHR and worked photo charters, and was a former stablemate of ‘Portbury’ and ‘Henbury’ at Radstock.

Chocolate Path Closed for 4 Weeks

Posted on February 8, 2015 by corwinb

Please note that the Chocolate Path (alongside the A Bond branch line and New Cut) will be closed from 9th Feb 2015 for 4 weeks.

Photos from Xmas Steam-Up!

Posted on January 17, 2015 by corwinb

The Xmas steam up event was a success, with all tickets selling out. Rich Skuse and Zoe Robinson were among the lucky people to try their hand at driving ‘Portbury’ and the Steam Crane.

Rich has kindly allowed these photos to be reproduced here!

Helston Railway returns, and Christmas is around the corner…

Posted on December 12, 2014 by corwinb

It’s the first day of the Xmas Steam Up weekends tomorrow, so Portbury and the Fairbairn Steam Crane should be in action on the dockside.

This week, the lovely people from the Helston Railway in Cornwall have been back for more rail and sleepers. Here they are loading up (Photo from the Helston Railway Facebook page, click the link for more).

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End of Season and Farewell

Posted on November 3, 2014 by corwinb

On the last day, M Shed’s waterborne fleet (Mayflower, John King and Pyronaut) went out on a cruise around the harbour, followed by all 3 and Portbury sounding off to say goodbye to a BIM/M Shed volunteer who sadly passed away this year.

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Photo courtesy Rob Skuse

On the Friday before, Portbury and one of the electric cranes were used to deliver a model ship to the SS Great Britain.

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