Just a quick blog post tonight in anticipation of arguably one of the most important model railway exhibitions in the UK. This weekend the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2014 will be in full swing at the NEC Birmingham. This event has become well known as the venue that many model railway manufacturers use to…
Good evening, Todays post is rather special as it will be the first one I have done since I have completed my first year volunteering on the Mid Hants. My actual first year was completed at the end of September but with my wife giving birth to my second child in September, yesterday was the…
Originally posted on National Railway Museum blog:
This is a guest post written by Associate Curator of Rail Vehicles Bob Gwynne. Sir Kenneth Grange is an industrial designer whose work includes: the Kenwood Mixer, the Parker Pen, the Kodak Camera and the London taxi. All of his designs are examples of how he has worked to…
Today we finally wrap up the articles from the Watercress Line’s Autumn Spring Steam Gala with a gallery of pictures. By now, the locomotives featured here (850 Lord Nelson, 925 Cheltenham, 9F 92212 and Black 5 45379) have featured so many times that there seems little reason to look at them again in depth. I…
Those who love teddy bears of the fluffy variety need not worry; none were harmed in the making of this blog post! Today we are looking at a teddy bear of the railway variety, specifically the class 14 diesel-hydraulic locomotive. 14901 is pictured on Peak Rail (click here for more,) running as tail-end charlie…
This locomotive and coach combination is one of the most iconic in the history of western region steam. The autotrain is the last of the visitors to be covered here, of the Watercress Line’s Autumn Spring Steam Gala. Although the last it wasn’t the least for me, although the little tank engine was certainly the…
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Steam Railways in Preservation in the 1980s-90s From May 14, 1993 Two Bulleid Pacifics, two from Festiniog, and 34046 Braunton 100 at Festiniog Gwyn Roberts Braunton in the rough! May 14 1993 ? BR(SR) Rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific locomotive no 34046 Braunton is owned and operated…
Tonight is Children In Need appeal night. This is just a friendly note to support this important cause!
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This is a guest post written by collections volunteer Ken Woods. I was looking forward to cleaning City of Truro when it was put on display on the Great Hall’s turntable. I last cleaned City of Truro at Tyseley in 2004 and I took it upon myself to…
Good evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Mid Hants Railways Autumn Steam Gala this year with Mr LocoYard himself and had to say that the Watercress Line held another fantastic steam gala. When 2 of the scheduled visiting locomotives dropped out I did start to worry about the gala, but the four Great…
