Ghosts and trains are connected in our minds, mainly thanks to ghost train rides at fairgrounds. However this is not where it ends! Some of you may also be familiar with ghost train hunters. These are invariably people who seek out railway stations and services that barely run on routes and stations on the National…
With the Hughes Crab, Stanier Black 5 and this visitor – Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 from the Great Central Railway in action, the Midland region was well represented at the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Gala 2015. Nicknamed Mickey Mouse on account of its front-on appearance similarity with Disney’s famous character, this locomotive is a tender…
Arguably one of the more striking of steam locomotive liveries; the deep red, maroon, carmine or crimson lake was used by the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway, inherited from the Midland Railway. The Hughes Crab (or Horwich Mogul) wore this stunning livery at the beginning of its career, before being relegated somewhat by being painted black as…
Following Simon’s blog post earlier in the week, here is a selection of photographs taken of the National Collection’s Ex-LSWR T9 class 30120. I hope you like them! These pictures were all taken at the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Gala 2015.
Each year MREmag and RMweb conduct a poll to find out which new models would be popular to be produced in ready to run model form in N and 00 gauge. It is arguably the most important of its kind and judging by the products that have appeared over the years, it is one that the manufacturers…
When the line up for the Mid Hants gala was released the locomotive I was most excited to see was one I saw only a few years ago – the T9. Nicknamed “greyhounds”, the T9 class were a very successful design of Dugald Drummond. Built in 1899, the locomotive has worn many liveries including Southern…
Here is the link to my latest video. Weather was really poor in the morning but brightened up somewhat during the afternoon. Not a bad finish to what has been a lean year for steam.
One of the headline acts at this years Mid Hants Autumn Steam gala was the final runs of the legendary A4 Bittern. During her ticket she set a new speed record for steam in the preservation era. The Great Gathering at York in 2013 was a stand out highlight and rather fittingly she was able to…
This is fascinating! Well worth a read!
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Engine Shed – your behind the scenes look into the Hornby Development workshop, giving you an insight into what goes into producing our models as well as providing a little history about what inspired us to produce the models on your layouts.After last week’s announcement of the…
Loco Yard 