Low End Works's latest new-build project Bridget the Steam Tram has been completed and the loco was outshopped on 26 March 2023.

Special features of this new locomotive are:

LED lights to use as headlamps came from Switch Electronics in Hull:

Low End Works design office has developed an exhaust steam condenser and dual concentric chimney arrangement. This failed to work correctly on the first tests so the following modifications were made to the condenser design:

The new-build Industrialised Tram which will be named Bridget has now entered the Low End Works paint shop.

The new Industrialised Tram Engine project is progressing slowly. Current status is:

The Low End Works pattern shop has been making 3-D patterns in cardboard (from Shredded Wheat cartons). This has been used to provide a mock-up of the loco bodywork for the Tram Engine project. This is the procedure:

Low End Works are making progress with the new-build steam tram engine, which is based on a Kitson tram chassis/boiler/engine supplied by Mamod Ltd.

The current works are:

Low End Works believe the new “Kitson Steam Tram” being built by Mamod could form the basis of a new steam loco for slow banking and shunt releasing on the SdR, as an alternative to the battery electric locos.

Battery mining loco DOT has been taken out of service and into Low End Works for a rebuild. This will involve:

An additional siding has been laid at the SADMC Gulch copper mine. This is to enable a locomotive to be stabled at the mine and also the siding is used to assist with running round at High Topps station without running the loco into the copper ore loading bay. This project involved: