Steam train at Perrygrove Railway steam train ride - a great day out in the Forest of Dean - a leading attraction in Gloucestershire - picture of steam train in the woods Perrygrove Railway, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Gloucestershire - a day out on our steam train in the woods is a leading attraction in Gloucestershire Perrygrove Railway steam train ride - fun for children and adults on a leading attraction in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire near Gloucester, - picture of train on embankment Perrygrove Railway - on the borders of South Wales and not very far from Abergavenny, Bath, Berkshire, Blaenau Gwent, Brecon, Bridgend, Bristol, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Cirencester, Cwmbran, Gloucester, Hereford, Herefordshire, Malvern, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Neath, Newport, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Pontypool, Port Talbot, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Ross-on-Wye, Somerset, Stroud, Swansea, Swindon, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcester & Worcestershire - steam locomotive Ursula
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This is our Diary page and is intended for those who take an interest in the construction and operation of the Perrygrove railway. If all you want are details of our public operations please go to our Home page or our Details page.

We don't publish pictures here very often. Most of the work we do on the railway is not very photogenic and our hands are usually too dirty to handle a camera.

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Garratt loco 6 Our Garratt locomotive from Tasmania is now in regular service. The pictures taken in Tasmania are courtesy and © Alistair Matheson.

Garratt loco 5 Garratt loco 4

Garratt loco 1 Garratt loco 3 Garratt loco 7

Track work in Weatherall loop
8 and 9 August 2006 - We try to carry out track maintenance when the railway is not operating but occasionally something turns up that we simply cannot defer. The curve shown in these pictures has been giving problems for a while and this week we decided that it couldn't wait for attention until the autumn. It has now been raised to level a dip, a twist has been corrected, the super-elevation has been adjusted, and 4 tons of new ballast have been added to give it a decent shoulder for the first time since it was laid 10 years ago by contractors who skimped on the job. Track work in Weatherall loop Track work in Weatherall loop Track work in Weatherall loop Track work in Weatherall loop
1 August 2006 - our tenth anniversary of operating public trains! No pictures, no celebrations, just another entry in the diary.
24 July 2006 - The wheels on James Waterfield's Duffield Bank Dining Carriage were not the right pattern - but they are right for the Ducal saloon - the Eaton Hall Saloon carriage which James is conserving for the Heywood Collection. Therefore a swap was called for. New wheels were cast for the Dining Carriage and the old wheels have been donated to the Ducal Saloon. Notice the hard hat, worn as a magical talisman to protect the wearer against the Elfinsayftee goblins who are known to frequent railway premises. Re-wheeling the Duffield Bank Dining Carriage Re-wheeling the Duffield Bank Dining Carriage Re-wheeling the Duffield Bank Dining Carriage Re-wheeling the Duffield Bank Dining Carriage
22 July 2006 - our summer garden party.
Table setting A pause at Rookwood Guests
Old pictures from this page can be found on our Archive page.