Take a look through some of our featured blog posts where we have displayed a handful of our accomplishments. Updated regularly so stay tuned for future content.
Back in November, we showed you a job we were working on for Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was to refurbish the Silver train from the unbelievably cool Megafobia Roller Coaster. It’s such a well loved ride that it even prompted one man, Mark Lewis to have it tattooed on his arm. The […]
View BlogOver recent months, the Garmendale team have been slowly turning Japanese. It's a new market for us and we have just completed one of our best rides to date.
View BlogAt Garmendale, we have created train rides since the 1980s. Our range of electric cars have been delivering fun and excitement for kids at both Legoland Windsor and Sundown Adventureland for many years. But finally we have some planes to add to our collection. The planes from Oakwood Theme Park are part of their Aerodrome […]
View BlogBalfour Beatty Rail is a seriously impressive business that is changing the face of UK rail transport. Established more than 100 years ago, their work covers all aspects of rail infrastructure for track, electrification, civils and power supply systems. They also have a quite remarkable fleet of specialist railway plant that is used to lay […]
View BlogChristmas time is upon us again and after a hectic year we are ready for a short shutdown to recover and prepare for the year ahead. We hope your own year has been as successful and you are entering 2019 refreshed and ready to go. Our offices will be closed from Friday 21st December […]
View BlogThe Pirate Ship at Twinlakes in Melton Mowbray is one of those ‘rites of passage’ rides that some kids love and others look at in fear for years, without ever quite having the nerve to ride. Originally built by Zamperla in 1987, it’s been a centrepiece of their Labyrinth Venture Zone since it was installed […]
View BlogAt Garmendale, we work on some very interesting engineering projects and this latest one is no exception. It’s the first of four railway chassis refurbishment jobs we are undertaking. Garmendale made their name in their early years around 1980-1990 designing and building railway engines and chassis that are still in operation. So we pride ourselves […]
View BlogAt Garmendale, we love theme park ride refurbishment, so when we were asked by Oakwood Theme Park to help them refurbish the trains on the Megafobia Roller Coaster, we literally jumped at the chance. Megafobia has been voted the UK’s number-one wooden rollercoaster numerous times since it was first launched in 1996. It was originally built […]
View BlogThe team from Garmendale will once again be at IAAPA 2018 in Florida. To give it its full title, the IAAPA Attractions Expo is the largest international trade show for the amusements and attractions industry. This year there will be over 1,100 exhibitors, who exhibit across 576,000 net square feet of covered space. To walk […]
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