News
Here you will find the latest OTPPG news.
Another Permaquip
9 December 2007 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
Towards the end of November another Permaquip PCT 98707 (PCT012) moved north... ...
And then there were 3...
29 September 2007 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
We're happy to announce the latest acquisition for the OTPPG - Permaquip PCT 98702 formerly at Paignton and latterly at Fawley Hill. ...
Matisa arrives at Longhoughton!
30 March 2007 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
The Matisa arrived safely in Northumberland during mid-March... ...
Matisa Move
13 March 2007 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
Well it's been quiet again over the winter for the OTPPG but its all change for 2007 and hopefully a good year ahead! ...
Permaquip progress
1 November 2006 - thanks to Dave Shell for this article
A couple of trips up to Longhoughton over the last 2 weekends... ...
October progress
17 October 2006 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
Quite a productive day at the Colne Valley last saturday - fuel tank repair gets underway and a coat of paint on the roof! ...
Permaquip Move
16 October 2006 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
We have taken the decision to move our Permaquip 98706 from the Colne Valley Railway up to Longhoughton goods yard in Northumberland adjacent to the East Coast main line) where it will hopefully receive a little more attention than it has so far! ...
Summer Painting
29 June 2006
Myself and Vince visited the CVR last saturday (24th June.) Not a lot to report other than we cleaned up and primed the two sidewalks on the Matisa (either side of the engine.) ...
April / May progress...
14 May 2006 - thanks to Ben for this article
Second main visit of the year to the Colne Valley on 13 May - we were lucky with the weather (despite threatening skies on more than one occasion!) and we even had a bit of a barbecue! ...
Roof painting
20 February 2006 - thanks to Ben for this article
First trip of the year for me up at the CVR today and I think we made good progress considering the limited daylight. We were also quite lucky with the weather it seems... ...
Winter 2006 update
12 February 2006 - thanks to Ben for this article
As it has been a while since the last update we thought it would be a good idea to do an article for the website bringing things up to date - what's been happening behind the scenes, and what the future holds for 2006 ...
More Progress
22 October 2005 - thanks to OTPPG for this article
A brief round-up of the last couple of weeks' work. ...
October Progress
1 October 2005
We've spent the last 9 months or so concentrating on the Matisa. We thought it was finally time to do something to the Permaquip! ...
Summer Progress update
21 September 2005 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
A quick round up of recent progress......
Quick progress update
27 May 2005 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
Dave and Mark spent the weekend at the Colne Valley Railway this weekend andmyself and Vince joined them today - a lot of progress has been made onceagain. ...
Work reports
10 April 2005 - thanks to Ben Williams & Mark Johns for this article
A quick round up of the project's progress.. ...
Fastline donate engine parts for Matisa
9 April 2005 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
Some excellent news over the last few weeks regarding the missing engine parts for the Matisa. ...
General progress update
19 February 2005 - thanks to Mark Johns/Ben Williams for this article
An update into what has been happening at the Colne Valley Railway over the past month or so... ...
68030 - The Arrival!
5 January 2005
Well well well, what a morning! Thought I'd better cover at least one major OTPPG event.. ...
68030 - The Liberation
22 December 2004 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
The plan somehow came together up in Stranraer on Monday December 20th - at times I thought it wasn't going to and the preceding Saturday and Sunday turned into long days of waiting around and not much happening! ...
68706 - The Arrival!
11 December 2004 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
DX68706 has finally arrived at it's new preservation base, the Colne Valley Railway. ...
late November update
22 November 2004 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
An unexpected turn of events occurred on Friday 19th November. ...
November Update
12 November 2004 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
To bring things up to date, a quick round-up of what has been happening in the last month or so. ...
The Story So Far..
1 October 2004 - thanks to Ben Williams for this article
The whole project was born in June 2004 after an inquisitive email to First Engineering regarding an item of on track plant that had been stored inside a shed near Stranraer Town station for at least the last ten years....