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New photos for 2023

Assorted photos from early 2023.

The new 5" carriages.

Closeup of handguards on the new 5" carriages.

Carriage Shed Construction - concrete pad.

Carriage Shed Construction - rails in place.

Carriage Shed Construction - initial walls in place.

Carriage Shed Construction - roof supports in place.

Carriage Shed Construction - roof ready for concrete pouring.

Carriage Shed Construction - concrete roof poured.

Carriage Shed Construction - roof covered in soil and grass seed.

Carriage Shed Construction - steel doors in place.

Victoria - 5" 24v Electric drive, club owned.

Rusty - 7¼" petrol-driven shunting engine, club-owned.

Millie 2 - 7¼" 2-4-2 much modified Sweet William, formerly known as Jim, owned by Ian.

Wheelchair carriage - now fully operational.

5" Britannia, privately owned, on a short visit prior to being sold.

Ken - 7¼" electric BR 08 shunter.

Bernard - 5" Sweet Pea, club-owned.

Turntable Construction

Photos of the construction of the turntable on the 7¾" line.

Turntable Construction.

Assorted 2020 Photos

Photos from the 2020 season, submitted by club members.

Bernard (0-4-0 Sweet Pea), driven by Ian.

Our 7¼" carriages with Gordon, ready to go.

Ken's 350 0-6-0 BR Shunt Locomotive.

Jim with its temporary water tank.

Sunday 13^th May 2018 - Grand Opening

The grand opening of our new stations, "Ron's Halt" on the 7¾" track and "Meriton East" on the high-level track took place on Sunday 13^th May 2018. Thanks to some wonderful weather, a lot of hard work by HMES members and enthusiastic support from members of the public, the event was a great success.

Several engines were on static display.

Lostock and Romulus steaming up.

Blowers can be seen speeding up the steaming up process on Lostock and Romulus. Meanwhile, Gordon is up on blocks.

Unfortunately, Gordon suffered from mechanical difficulties, Lostock and Romulus are ready to go though.

Dave's 5" quarry engine, "Millclose".

Rear view of "Millclose", showing the controls and firebox.

3½" tank engine belonging to Alex.

Another 3½" tank engine and a chassis, belonging to Alex.

3½" engine belonging to Adrian.

5" diesel Victoria, belonging to Tony.

5" Virgin Pendolino belonging to Tony.

Romulus fully steamed up.

While we were finished steaming up, Viv took the first members of the public on rides with Rusty.

Will's 5" GWR tank engine.

5" GWR with a blower installed, Will is about to light the boiler.

Viv's 5" MOD shunting engine.

Rusty brings a load of passengers into "Ron's Halt".

Once fully steamed up, Romulus took over pulling the carriages.

Romulus after passing the level crossing between the footpath and "Meriton East".

5" GWR, steamed up and out for a test run.

Our new 7½" station, "Ron's Halt", was named in memory of HMES mamber Ron Dicks. Handforth Parish Council chair Cynthia Samson, along with Ron's Grandchildren opened the station at noon.