Bure Valley Railway Engineering

BVR prepares to reopen

30 years to the day from opening, steam finally returned to the Bure Valley Railway with test trains in preparation for our recommencment tomorrow (11/07/2020).

back to shed after a 54 mile day.

1725 arrival at aylsham

1445 arrival

BVR No7 back in traffic with valve gear mods completed.

Double headed ZB loco's

Tonight's test run of double heading the tender ZB's was a success!!! Who knows you may see more double heading in the future.

P.way 2017

Not unheard of for a track possession, today (1st February) we had two trains working at different ends of the worksite fulfilling differing rolls.

No.6 test steaming

No.6 test steaming today.

No.6, Blickling hall, passed its boiler test today.

Breakfast

Although our steam crews like frequently cooking their own breakfast on the shovel, you don't have to....... At Aylsham station our "Whistlestop Café" is open daily and serves everything from drinks and light refreshments to full meals; Oh and they do light breakfasts to a Full English breakfast as well!!! (although not cooked on a shovel by the steam crew, they taste just as good).

We have recently been running the chassis of BVR6 "Blickling Hall" on air to check that the motion functions correctly before we progress to the next stage of the locomotives overhaul, enabling us to get the loco ready for the main period of our 2015 season.

We are currently manufacturing a part for our Loco BVR6 “Blickling Hall” after its previous component was mounted on BVR8 “John Of Gaunt” as an experiment. This proved to be very successful, but as a result, a new one now needs to be made for BVR6 during its 10 year over haul. (Yes it is supposed to be rotating like that to get the specific taper/shape required) Can you guess the component being made?? Answer to be posted later for those who are intrigued.