Today is Back to the Future Day, when Doc. Brown and Marty travelled to the 21st October 2015 in the second film. However, the third film, contained two locomotives, both of which can be seen today. Before we get started, Back to the Future is one of my favourite movie trilogies of all time, and…
Yesterday the arrivals for the Watercress Line’s gala found their way to the railway, so here they are in all their glory! This weekend looks like it will be fantastic on the Watercress Line, what a great selection of locomotives! If you come, do pop over to say hello – I’ll be in Ropley station building in…
Tonight we have a quick blog post, just to say that the Canadian Pacific project can be found in this months edition of Steam Railway magazine! It’s great to see our CanPac in print and hope it helps attract support and donations for the project. The magazine this month has a “Big Engines” theme and includes an…
The Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Gala promises to be a fitting way for the railway to commemorate its 150th anniversary. The three day event runs from this Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th October 2015 and therefore a perfect time to begin a half-term break! The Mid-Hants Railway plans to run no less than four visitors on the railway over the…
Good evening, When I was on my family holiday to my hometown in Yorkshire I made an effort to visit the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. After taking a trip behind S160 5280 (that can be found here) I visited the railway store at Haworth station and this is where I first came across the…
The South Devon Railway is home to 49xx Hall class 4920 Dumbleton Hall. The locomotive last steamed in 1999 and has since been awaiting funds to be raised in the order of £250,000-£300,000. The latest reports from the railway media are that donations have reached a level at which it’s overhaul could begin as early as 2016, although this…
Originally posted on Steve's Narrow Gauge Railway Adventure:
Last weekend I took the Bure Valley Railway ‘boat train’ from Aylsham to Wroxham, enjoyed a boat tour of the Norfolk Broads, and took the train back again. The Bure Valley Railway was originally a standard gauge line. It was interesting to travel under standard gauge…
Good evening, As I reported earlier in the year a trust is being formed with the objectives of securing the future of Merchant Navy class 35011 General Steam Navigation and finding her a new home to begin restoration. The trusts aim is return 35011 to her original as-built condition as this will both fill the…
The Swanage Railway will be holding their Autumn Steam gala 14th to 16th October. It promises to have quite an incredible collection of Southern locomotives, with two visitors from the National Collection – King Arthur class 777 Sir Lamiel and ex-LSWR T9 class 30120. These will be supplemented by the home fleet with U class 31806,…
Battle of Britain class Manston has the honour of being the last locomotive to be built by Southern Railway. It was originally numbered 21C170 when it emerged from Brighton Works in November 1947 in malachite green livery, in contrast to the later BR Brunswick green livery it now carries in preservation. Manston’s other claim to fame…
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