Pictures – Quantity versus Quality
Those who have been following the blog for a while may have started to notice that some tweaking of photographs has been happening lately!
Kent and East Sussex Railway scans from the 1990’s
Today we publish the final set of never-before published scans of newly discovered pictures from the archive. These pictures are mainly from 1997 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Enjoy!
Petition To Save Northern Museums
This is an announcement from the UK Heritage Hub, about a new objective for the Back Our British Rail Heritage campaign. For a few days now, possibly even a few weeks, the government in London have been proposing the idea of cutting funding to the Science Museum group pot, reducing the amount they can afford…
More Golden Arrow images from Nick Littlewood
Nick Littlewood has sent some more images of the Golden Arrow from two sources – The Book of Railways by Arthur Groom 1950 (above and below) and from The Railway Magazine Feb 1974 (bottom).
Surrey Border and Camberley Railway
Today’s entry in the Steam Diary is a celebration of a lost miniature railway held this weekend at Eastleigh’s Lakeside Steam Railway.
Save the National Railway Museum!
Earlier in the week the Director of The Science Museum, Ian Blatchford, announced that as well as cutting back the London museum; one of the satellite museums in York, Manchester or Bradford may have to close. This is a result of spending cuts of a further 10% after around 25% of cut-backs recently. As a…
East Kent Railway Diesel Gala
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Model of the Week – Ex-SR N class – 31874
Welcome to Locoyard’s Model of the Week Blog Post! The N class was a successful and
1994 Bluebell Railway Scans
Another short blog post tonight, with some scanned photographs taken on the Bluebell Railway in 1994. These pictures have not been published before.
Golden Arrow Postcard from the 1950’s from Nick Littlewood
Nick Littlewood has been kind enough to send a scanned copy of a 1950’s postcard of the Golden Arrow, that had to be shared! What a fantastic illustration! They don’t make them like that any more!
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