Wet Dry Wet !

 Week Commencing 26th October .

Monday

Wet old day surprised anybody turned out , not me other stuff to do .

Reports of the urinal not working properly and fluids over flowing !

Ian , Ron and Kevin found debris of some kind blocking the sump in the corner.

Not a nice job but still in the dry .

Wednesday

Last trains on a Wednesday till next year !!

Started dry then rained again !

First job of the day before anybody arrived was to sort the station heating out .  Enough said.

Over on platform 2 , Brick arches over some of the windows and door continues as does the woodwork

Chris did a bit of work in the garden, as did Kevin. Ron gave the driveway grass a mow .

Locomotives on duty today were the Black 5 and 2807

Read on one of the other blogs about the state of the paint on the windows and door , the weather has been against us for a couple of weeks/ months now , its no use turning up on a fine day and saying why haven't they sorted this out . this week like last week it rained on both days , so no chance of painting. plus and this is a big plus we don't have anybody who would like to do it , some can paint and some cant, don't forget we are volunteers.

It will get done !

Rant Over

Dave

Change in the Weather

 Week Commencing 18th October 2026

Monday

A wet start to the week saw no grass cutting and no using   ` Billy ` to pick up the continuous supply of needles, that keep coming from above !

So what could we do  , the car park trees and shrub's have grown since the last time we had a tidy up/

Ron was first into the garden .

Many wheelbarrows headed to the bonfire area.

Kevin and Ian tackled a dead tree deep in the jungle .

More wheel barrows filled and ready to go .

Its new gadget time , Kevin with a pole and scoop try to clear out the guttering on the platform side . Sort of works .

Over on platform 2 wood working continues as does the brick work at the front.

Wednesday

Tipping it Down all day , but there were 5 around . Jobs for the inside only .

Little Broadway at the northern end, is having its single track converted to 2 tracks to allow 2 trains to run at once . A short end piece extension will be needed to hold the extra track etc etc.

Chris is on the last lamp !

Locos around today were " 45110 " and the bubble car .

Dave

The Layout returns !

 Week Commencing 12th October 2026

Monday

Main job of the day was to bring  `Little Broadway ` back to Broadway. Since the model railway show it had been looked after by the Diesel Department ( Thanks again ).It was on show again on the weekend of the mix traction Gala , where a few different locos crept onto the layout.

Very nice .

3 of us went to collect a flat bed truck at Winchcombe then to Toddington pick up the layout and back to Broadway .

Home again .

Whilst we had the flat bed at Broadway , all of our scrap metal was loaded on to the wagon and on the way back it was deposited in the scrap metal skip.

Killing two birds with one stone as they say.

Ron took Billy out again , both the platform and drive having a liberal amounts of needles on them.

Ian and Kevin were seen in the car park garden removing a dead tree .

Wednesday

Over on platform 2 some wood work has appeared , hard to spot , brickwork on the front carries on .

Kevin on Monday managed to clear the fence of all the bind weed and other vegetation.

Myself and young Dave tackled the bottom corner

Chris has all most finished the top coats on the lamps.

To end the day Ron gave the small garden a trim.

Locos today on the Blue timetable ! were the Bubble car and 2807 .

Dave

Change in the Weather

 Week Commencing 5th October 2026

2 days of very different weather

Monday

Bright Sunny day , Ian , Ron , Chris , Kevin and myself busied our selves with various jobs around the station .

New gadget time !

Kevin bought a gutter brush and cleaner , Ron put it together and used it to clean the car park side of the station building . worked well on that side but far too short for the platform side .

Where else would Chris be . another overgrown Buddleia gets the chop.

This time of year Billy comes out quite regularly , Ron's turn today on platform 1 .

Wednesday

Raining most of the day and so I thought nobody would turn out , wrong .Any way not much to do when wet . An errand down to Winchcombe on the Bubble car , Ian and Young Dave tagged along .

Kevin didn't mind the rain and planted up some troughs with winter plants , and spread around a large bag of spring bulbs which had been donated to us.

Chris stayed behind in the dry to top coat the lamps .

Dave

After The Show weekend .

 Week Commencing 28th September 2026

Monday

After a very different weekend for some of us , it was back to normal at Broadway.

Our model railway which depicts Broadway Station and its environments from the past got a lot of interest and comments . and depending on which locomotives were running changed its era from the 30`s to the 50 `s .

Back at base , the weather was good enough to have the first fire of the autumn !

Billy was out on the platforms , a couple of bags full of needles kept the fire going.

On the drive Kevin was attacking the bind weed and Chris did a bit of mowing.

Ian was replacing dead flowers in the troughs.

Wednesday

Over on platform 2 , more riveting and brick work at the front on the building has been taking place. 

Ron and Ian were working on the wooden troughs which will replace some of the plastic containers

The Two Dave's were keeping the weeds and grass down behind platform 1 .

2807 and 3850,  back off its trip to the SVR ,  were on duty today

Back at the model railway shop , its a long old day , so a bit of silliness creeps in !

How many wagons and trucks could we get behind the Black 5 , all of them apparently and it still goes strong .

Dave

Show Time

 Week Commencing 21st September 2026

Monday

Bit short on numbers this week 3 on Monday and 3 on Wednesday ! 

Kevin was helping Neal and his fellow workers with a bit of riveting , that's Kev up on the boards in the orange  .Something different for Kev.

Nothing different for Chris seen deep in the undergrowth in the car park garden.

A visit from the railways weed killing train .

Wednesday.

Over on platform 2,  Riveting and brick laying continues .

Monday saw us getting " Little Broadway " ready for its trip to Toddington to be shown at the Model Railway Show . Everything was cleaned up and everything needed was packed away. it was to be transported to Toddington on train 2 . It did cause quite a stir being out on the platform .

Would it fit through the doors ? Only just another 1/2 inch and we would have had to call the whole thing off.

We made it, Ian and Kevin check everything is in one piece , It survived and now the long carry to the diesel shed where we will be over the weekend.

Real trains out today were Betton Grange and the Black 5

As I mentioned we will be in the Diesel Shed this weekend , come and have a chat and see Little Broadway in action. 

Dave