Matt Chivers Workshop

Matt Chivers Workshop Engineering, Welding & Fabrication in Heritage and New build Steam locomotives for Road & Rail.

Currently building a 7.25” Gauge Tinkerbell Class Steam Locomotive 🚂👍.

30/08/2026

A magnificent Thomas II class live steam locomotive ‘Balrog’ hauling passengers at Thompson Park Miniature Railway. Expertly built, this locomotive is slightly bigger in some dimensions than the original, and it runs like a Swiss watch! No trouble on the gradients at Thompson park!

25/08/2026

Now this is what I call a Whistle! 😁. 7.25” gauge live steam Tinkerbell class variant ‘Cygnus’ visiting Thompson Park Miniature Railway in Burnley 🇬🇧. This wonderfully unique interpretation of a Tinkerbell was working hard on the gradients pulling passengers at the railway. For me though, that whistle, was just perfection! I need one for mine loco 🤪.

24/08/2026

Beautiful visiting live steam 7.25” gauge Quarry Hunslet ‘Red Damsel’ taking on the steep gradients of the private Littledale Light Railway with the freight train.

12/08/2026

A wonderful 7.25” gauge live steam Romulus named “Romulus” showing its maybe small but it’s mighty powerful enough on the Littledale Light Railways steep gradients. This little loco doesn’t half have a mighty chuff, wait until the end.

Some images of the fabulous 7 1/4” gauge live steam shay built by Paul Frank that ran at Comrie. I never managed to see ...
07/08/2026

Some images of the fabulous 7 1/4” gauge live steam shay built by Paul Frank that ran at Comrie. I never managed to see Comrie, so any chance to see one of the former fleet is a must. The locomotive is seen here at the Littledale Light Railway where it ran for a private running day. Huge thanks to Mike for allowing us to come play trains and Dave for bringing the loco for us to drool over!

06/08/2026

An absolutely wonderful 7 1/4” live steam Shay running at a private event on the Littledale light railway, UK 🇬🇧. The locomotive was built in 1998 by Paul Frank and was part of the collection that ran at Comrie in Scotland. An absolute pleasure to see up close.

Happy place in a slice of heaven! What a fantastic day with wonderful people in a beautiful setting!
01/08/2026

Happy place in a slice of heaven!
What a fantastic day with wonderful people in a beautiful setting!

Throwback Thursday - this is Moreton Sugar Cane Mill in Nambour, Queensland Australia. I believe to be 1994, in the main...
23/07/2026

Throwback Thursday - this is Moreton Sugar Cane Mill in Nambour, Queensland Australia. I believe to be 1994, in the maintenance part of the year where the locos were completely overhauled before the next harvest.

I’m stood on the right between the loco’s looking into the shed at ‘Moreton’, the one out of shot I’m pretty sure is ‘Bli Bli’, with the pair ‘Maroochy’ & ‘Valdora’.

It was the first year we visited the mill and we just missed the end of the season, but a couple of years later we returned and we managed the end of season trains, watching the cane trains go down Howard street was rather spectacular! This is all completely gone now and has a Cole’s supermarket built on the site, and trams run down the high street section of the cane railways

18/07/2026

Thought of the day…
Anyone fancy a part built Tinkerbell?

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