27th September 2023 Update on Tender & coal-oil conversion
On 15th August, the NYMR MPD team were shown around the tender at Riley and Sons at Bury by Andrew Simkins. We were shown excellent progress of Vera’s overhauled tender [...]
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3rd March 2019 Early 2019 Update – 03/03/19
Since the last update a lot of progression has been made on ‘Vera‘. After the 40’s Weekend in October, work and attention returned to ‘The Dame‘. The smoke box was removed followed [...]
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20th July 2018 July Update – 20/07/17
You may have seen it already around the site, but news like this needs repeating more than once! Thanks to all of your kind donations we have now raised a [...]
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16th October 2017 October Update – 16/10/17
Well what a fantastic month October has been for ‘The Dame’ with the Steam Gala & 40s weekend it’s been a busy time for the team over the 2 events [...]
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11th October 2017 Visit of Sir William McAlpine – 11/10/17
The Fight for Vera Fund were proud to welcome our patron, Sir William McAlpine, to the railway for a visit today. A man of high regard within the railway preservation [...]
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