Above Left: James Newton with the locomotive on test Sunday 25th August 2009. Middle: Perhaps for one last time on Saturday 11th April 2010 may be seen on the tracks at Thorne (photograph by Stuart Lamming).  Right: Silver Link is loaded ready be taken away by the new owner who lives in Doncaster so it may reappear on the tracks in Thorne (photograph by Stuart Lamming). 

Sadly our member Ron Smelt died on Saturday 5th September 2009.  The steam locomotive "Koppel" which he started to restore for the railway, but due to his illness could not quite finish today received had a special plaque fixed to the cad of Koppel commemorate his services to the railway. Thank you Ron for everything you did for the railway in the park and the many other projects you denoted such a vast amount of your voluntary time. To the left we see Ron on one of the many trips he made to Darlington to work on the new standard gauge steam locomotive Tornado.   

Sunday 18th April 2010 Sadly the main train service had to be cancelled due to illness and no staff, after several circuits operated by Paul and Mick for some visitors from Liverpool. Regrettably there are no photographs of this. The children's drawing facilities had to remain unused in the campervan so no more drawings of ducks or trains. The paper the prizes will be brought again for the May Day Sunday & Monday. Later in the afternoon there was a test steaming of the locomotive owned by Jon and Mike
I could not operate the train service by myself and that applies to a member who turned up earlier then after I had left. However I spent some of time preparing the boiler from the steam locomotive Remus that is awaiting a major overhaul.