Last weekend was the Beds and Bucks Narrow Gauge Modellers Open Day and I was invited to bring a layout. Taking my first layout to its first exhibition was a little daunting. I’m pleased to say everything worked quite well and people liked the layout, the locos and the slow running. I was very touched…
Tonight we have a quick blog post, just to say that the General Steam Navigation project can be found in this months edition of Steam Railway magazine! It’s great to see our GSN in print and hope it helps attract support and donations for the project and on a personal note its nice to see…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest update from the 35011 General Steam Navigation project which went live today featuring the working weekend, our stand at the S&CR, our first press apperance and the latest on the Membership Society. Being a member of the 35011 team I am obviously thrilled about the great…
Yesterday, on Monday 16th May 2016 35006 P&O made her triumphant return to steam after over 30 years of painstaking restoration by volunteers at Toddington on the GWSR. Thanks to the generosity (and slight disorganisation 😉 ) of my co-bloggers (thanks again chaps!), I went along to the shareholders’ and supporters’ launch ceremony. When I…
Good evening, With Flying Scotsman contuing to draw the crowds up and down the country we thought we’d look at some of the great photos taken over the last couple of days. Tonight we are featuring some by Patrick Hadfield of Flying Scotsman arriving at Edinburgh Waverley. To see the rest of Patricks great…
Good evening, Icons of Steam in February (on my brithday as it happened) announced that its rebuilt West Country class 34046 Braunton would be returning to steam as long last classmate 34052 Lord Dowding. This technically means she will become a member of the Battle of Britain class with Lord Dowding being named after the…
An interesting look at a railway far away from our usual locoyard fodder -Glenbrook Vintage Railway – http://wp.me/p4fOIC-B5
Well, we thought the tour of Rolvenden report was over, but there were a couple of locomotives that somehow missed the roundup. The first is Class 33 (33052) D6570 Ashford. This locomotive was looking a little sorry for itself and needs some tlc to get back to running condition. D6570 is a member of a…
Tonight’s blog post is short but sweet! If you look at the writing on the frames of Army Brake Van ( SR Pattern) M 360327 on the K&ESR, you’ll notice that the writing is the wrong way round. Or in other words, the frames are upside down!
In my opinion, the Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) is the finest example of a preserved light railway, but now has a large facility that many “heavy” preserved lines would kill for – a massive carriage storage facility. The building was paid for by the Rother Valley Railway, who are working laying track towards Bodiam from Robertsbridge…
Loco Yard 