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…
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…
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…
Welcome Back! As service resumes at UKHH with our September edition, Issue 59, now available at http://ukheritagehub.co.uk/UKHH59.pdf we would like to thank you all once again for your patience and continued excellent and varied contributions during the difficult transition period which saw us without the means to produce a magazine for a prolonged period of…
Good evening, Following the popularity of my first review looking at the Black 5, Bigjigs have kindly sent me another loco to review and its no great surprise that I went for the ranges only Bulleid locomotive – the Bluebell Railway’s 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair. Class: Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain class Use: Express Passenger and…
We’ve certainly had first hand experience of what the situations illustrated with this post must have felt like over the last few weeks. You take something out of service to perform a ‘mainline’ upgrade and some routine maintenance and find a lot more than you bargained for which needs sorting before you can put something…
Good afternoon, In July I visited the National Railway Museum with my family and tonight we are looking at some of the various photos of Bulleids I took. In the museums Great Hall you can see 35029 Ellerman Lines (albeit sectioned in 2 to show the internal workings of a steam loco) and 34051 Winston…
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
Sorry. I’m not really a dog lover so this is not a real greyhound. In fact it is a steam railway locomotive. It has featured on this blog before when I wrote about a special enthusiasts train I went on called The Sussex Coast Limited. The train made a photo…
Good evening, I saw this brilliant post by Graham Muz on the 35011 page this afternoon and was surprised to see its never been seen on LocoYard. Graham has an amazing collection of original Bulleids with 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co’ standing out for me Southern Railway, Fisherton Sarum, Canute Road Quay &…
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