I have no doubt that this locomotive has featured before on this blog, as it is a visitor to the GWSR courtesy of the Mid-Hants railway, but no matter, it was one of the highlights of the weekend, and I have a fair few pictures of this locomotive, so I’ll write about it anyway!
Well the bank holiday weekend finally arrived with the weather in a medley of rain and shine, and with it the GWSR’s gala themed around the workhorses of the railway in BR black. Not only were there three guest locomotives, we had Dinmore Manor in her first appearance in her unlined black livery at…
Life is a Box of Chocolates (Factory Steam Locomotives) I was looking at the BBC news website when I stumbled upon this interesting piece of news about a steam locomotive that used to work at Fry’s Chocolate Factory. The locomotive was never said to had been scrapped, but it was found that it was in…
A4 60009 on a mainline charter from Kidderminster to Minehead on the West Somerset Railway. The A4 came off at Bishops Lydeard and 7F no 88 took the train on down to Minehead The first shot is the A4 at Fordgate near Cogload, then No 88 at Churchlands Bridge on WSR, followed by the returning…
Good evening, Recently I wrote a post on the stations of the Disneyland Paris Railroad (click here to read) and today I will be looking at the locomotive that was running on it. My visit to the park was at the end of peak season so unfortunately only one locomotive was running instead of the…
The Watercress Festival in Alresford is one of those events that my wife and I try to put into the heritage railway diary. This is despite the fact that it’s not really a railway event as such, but an important one that the railway supports in a big way. The event is all about food…
Originally posted on THE MARVELOUS MUMFORD:
A NEW TORNADO (Photo by Adrian Brodie…Didcot railway Centre, UK, April 5, 2014…posted by him on http://photos.greatrails.net/showpic/?photo/ ) – Britishers gave up beer To finance the Tornado here… They passed the test Financing the rest, So why can’t we do that here? –Jonathan Caswell
