On This Day
Yesterday
21 December 1989
John Southland II, a copy of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway's diesel loco which T.M.A. Engineering of Birmingham had built for the Kyoritz Model Engineering Company of Tokyo, Japan, left Ravenglass by driving up a ramp straight into a container in which it travelled to Japan.
The loco had arrived on the morning of the 3rd on the back of a low loader. A series of runs were made the following week with varying loads so that commissioning was carried out towards the weekend.
Today
22 December 1966
The scissors cross-over arrived at the Railway from Messrs. Grant-Lyon, of Scunthorpe. As it had been pre-fabricated in three sections weighing about two tons apiece, a mobile crane was used to unload the formation and it was lowered directly into place alongside the workshops. The crossover was installed so that direct access was provided from any of the platform roads to both the Engine Shed and to the Carriage Shed without reversing. Control of the scissors was brought to a lever frame using ex-B.R. equipment. This work was done, and the material provided, as a first step in the provision of a signal-box to control movements in the station and signalling of the area.
It was replaced in February 2015 with the old points being re-used in the station area, replacing some life expired sets and giving additional points for the workshop layout.
Tomorrow
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