Progress Reports

From time to time, I write a new Progress Report which summarises what I've been up to for the last month or so. Over the lifetime of my railway they provide an ongoing record of developments on the railway, with links to more detailed information in the 'How I .....' posts.

As Progress Reports are posted in reverse chronological order on the blog, it can be difficult tracking through them, so here are links to them all in correct chronological order - from the very first to the most recent.

• Getting started      - Summer 2004
• Progress Report 1 - April 2006 - Track laying 1
• Progress Report 2 - April 2006 - Track laying 2
• Progress Report 3 - May 2006 - A tour of the line
• Progress Report 4 - May 2006 - Snagging
• Progress Report 5 - May 2006 - Ballasting
• Progress Report 6 - June 2006 - Electrics
• Progress Report 7 - July 2006 - The patio
• Progress Report 8 - January 2007 - More stock
• Progress Report 9 - April 2007 - Catching up!
• Progress Report 10 - Sept 2007 - Minor developments
• Progress Report 11 - March 2008 - Spring has sprung!
• Progress Report 12 - April 2008 - The line gains an identity
• Progress Report 13 - June 2008 - Digital Developments
• Progress Report 14 - July 2008 - The line is extended
  
• Progress Report 15 - Aug 2008 - Beeston Castle
• Progress Report 16 - Dec 2008 - Freight operation
  
• Progress Report 17 - January 2009 - Peckforton station
• Progress Report 18 - April 09 - Preparing for the season
• Progress Report 19 - June 09 - Goods stock update
• Progress Report 20 - June 09 - Coaching Stock
• Progress Report 21 - June 09 - Platforms and ballast
• Progress Report 22 - July 09 - Platform /goods stock
• Progress Report 23 - July 09 - Then and Now
• Progress Report 24 - July 09 - The Copper Mine Loop
• Progress Report 25 - Sept 09 - Detailing
• Progress Report 26 - March 10 - Overview of developments
• Progress Report 27 - April 2010 - Detailing near Bulkeley
• Progress Report 28 - April 2010 - Adding sidings and buildings
• Progress Report 29 - May 2010 - Loading docks and Maddison Coaches
• Progress Report 30 - July 2010 - Undergrowth = Overgrowth?
• Progress Report 31 - August 2010 - Catching up
• Progress Report 32 - September 2010 - Peckett loco, coaches and operation
• Progress Report 33 - October 2010 - Barclay, Hunslet and weathering tipplers
• Progress Report 34 - March 2011 - Locos, people, Ashover coaches, overwintering and workshop
• Progress Report 35 - May 2011 - Fowler diesel, preparing for the new season, troublesome points
• Progress Report 36 - May 2011 - More ballasting, engine shed, points decoders, etc.
• Progress Report 37 - August 2011 - Engine shed, goods stock, power buffer
• Progress Report 38 - September 2011 - Wagon loads, closed van, microlight flight
• Progress Report 39 - November 2011 - Railmotor, wagon loads, relaying track, figures 
• Progress Report 40 - April 2012 - Railmotor, garden developments, new stock 
• Progress Report 41 - July 2012 - Maintenance and construction (crane wagon / gunpowder van)
• Progress Report 42 - August 2012 - Operating sessions 
• Progress Report 43 - November 2012 - Running repairs, signals, mine buildings, radio control
• Progress Report 44 - December 2012 - Mine buildings, figures, loading hopper, diesel loco kit
• Progress Report 45 - May 2013 - Mine buildings, milk churns, figures 
• Progress Report 46 - June 2013 - Bridges, battery loco building, maintenance, running sessions
• Progress Report 47 - July 2013 - Loco No. 4 - Battery power - DIY power buffers - running session
• Progress Report 48 - August 2013 - Battery power, radio control, improving loco mechanisms 
• Progress Report 49 - October 2013 - Battery power, locomotive construction 
• Progress Report 50 - December 2013 - Battery r/c, viaduct, buildings, over-wintering
• Progress Report 51 - April 2014 - Battery r/c locos. railmotor, mill siding, replacing R1 points 
• Progress Report 52 - June 2014 - Points controller, PW wagon, buildings, detailing
• Progress Report 53 - June 2014 - Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST build, semaphore signal remote control
• Progress Report 54 - August 2014 - Trackbed refurbishment, 0-6-0ST progress, match truck, stream 
• Progress Report 55 - October 2014 - Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST, coaches, batteries, running session, Aussie visitor 
• Progress Report 56 - January 2015 - coaches, sounds cards, Deltang, track cleaning, guards van, simplex, SM32 
• Progress Report 57 - March 2015 - coaches, Deltang, SM32 feeder line, winter running 
• Progress Report 58 - April 2015 - SM32 stock, battery conversion, mine sidings revision, running sessions 
• Progress Report 59 - May 2015 - SM32 track, ballasting, embankment, stock: Beeston Market yard, ballasting, cattle dock, coal yard 
• Progress Report 60 - July 2015 - Copper Mine, ballasting, Simplex loco, wagons, operation, DVLR visit 
• Progress Report 61 - September 2015 - Viaduct, cattle dock, Fowler loco No. 7, Deltang Tx20, visit 
• Progress Report 62 - October 2015 - Ballasting, soundcards, Deltang radio control, running session, storage 
• Progress Report 63 - January 2016 - Ten Year retrospective - Milestones reached
• Progress Report 64 - April 2016 - lonicera hedging, Peckforton Station extended, Bagnall loco, timber wagons, RC Trains transmitters
• Progress Report 65 - July 2016 - steam lorry, Bagnall loco, Stainz conversions, destination boards, transmitters 
• Progress Report 66 - March 2017 - RC Trains, Stainz conversion, soundcards, Regner Chaloner, Peckforton station, Rowland Emett 
• Progress Report 67 - May 2017 - Stainz conversion, coach interiors, loco lamps, crest, trackbed maintenance, operating session 
• Progress Report 68 - June 2017 - trackwork, water tower, sound cards, carriage lighting, buildings
• Progress Report 69 - July 2017 - stream revamp, open wagon, PLR station seats, cafe building, Otto conversion 1
• Progress Report 70 -September 2017 -  Otto conversion 2 (Black Hawthorn), water tower, running sessions
• Progress Report 71 - November 2017 - Trackbed, Refreshment Room, Mill, Market Day, NZ visitor 
• Progress Report 72 -  May 2018 - Mill, sawmill, ballasting, IP Engineering diesel, HGLW diesel, receiver programming
• Progress Report 73 - July 2018 - Ballasting stations, Landscaping with concrete, Operating session, couplings 
• Progress Report 74 - August 2018 - Boiler house, Beeston Castle, closed van conversion, loading bank, operating sessions 
• Progress Report 75 - November 2018 -  New sidings, New vans and open wagons, point levers, Deltang receivers
• Progress Report 76 - March 2019 - Acme sound card, brewery, sand hopper wagon, bridge repair, magazine articles 
• Progress Report 77 - October 2019 -  Beeston Castle coal yard, Sand quarry, figures, hopper wagons, cattle wagon, ToyTrain diesel bash, Arduino radio control, operating sessions, magazine articles, workshop build
• Progress Report 78 - January 2020 - Relaid track behind workshop, workshop organising, figure painting, Snailbeach hoppers, operating sessions, magazine articles
• Progress Report 79 - February 2020 -  Bulkeley track layout revised, more figure painting, workshop improvements
• Progress Report 80 - March 2020 - Bulkeley raised bed, open cattle / sheep wagons, PLR seats, workshop enhancements
• Progress Report 81 - June 2020 - Bulkeley concrete platform, CDR railcar, 3D printer
• Progress Report 82 - July 2020 - Railcar soundcard, Workshop test track, 3D printed diesel loco, running session, Psion freight manager, cable operated points, weathering wagons, sound effect modules
• Progress Report 83 - August 2020 - Boneworks, beam engine, Car railcar, luggage van, 3D printing, TinkerCAD
• Progress Report 84 - October 2020 - Boneworks, luggage van, operating session 
• Progress Report 85 - November 2020 - Level crossing gates, nameboards, 3D printed open wagon, Southwold wagons, Southwold coach, Garden Railway Forum
• Progress Report 86 - December 2020 - Southwold Railway coach, Southwold wagons, permanent way
• Progress Report 87 - January 2021 - Bachmann Lyn, Cleminson open wagon, partial running session
• Progress Report 88 - February 2021 - Schull & Skibbereen 0-4-4T loco, Cleminson Open, Video catalogue, TV News Report
• Progress Report 89 - April 2021 - Schull & Skibbereen loco, Arduino control, 3D printed lineside accessories, a history of the Peckforton Light Railway
• Progress Report 90 - May 2021 - Trackbed repairs, Southwold goods stock, HLW open wagon replacements, Psion freight manager, Google Sheets freight manager, running sessions
  
• Progress Report 91 - June 2021 - Fencing, Double Diesel remotored, nameplates, Southwold Coach #2, Cleminson open wagon, point rodding, operating session, Psion freight manager
• Progress Report 92 - August 2021 - Bickerton siding, point levers, servo operated points
  
• Progress Report 93 - November 2021 - Kerr Stuart loco, Cleminson open wagons,0-16.5 GVT Beyer Peacock, Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
• Progress Report 94 - March 2022 - 0-16.5 scale Glyn Valley Tramway project, History of the PLR Part 5
• Progress Report 95 - October 2022 - 15mm and 16mm GVT stock, re-ballasting track, stock repairs, Southwold Cleminson open wagons
• Progress Report 96 - January 2023 - Cardboard Hunslet, MP3 sound effects, loco refurbs, 1930s figures
• Progress Report 97 - June 2023 - Detailing Hunslet, Directors' saloon, sand quarry extension, Glyn motor block, 3d printed figures, Psion Series 5 freight manager, live steam, visitors
• Progress Report 98 - November 2023 - Rebuilding Hunslet, GVT coaches, Running sessions, Year Long video, One million visitors