Good evening, Tonight we are looking at some great news coming out of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where after just a week after the railways president, Pete Waterman, launched a share offer to raise the £1.25m needed to complete the line to Broadway, £251,000 or 20% of the total has already been reached! If share…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another great model railway that was on display at the Southampton Model Railway Exhibition in January. The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway from Weston to Clevedon as a tramway in 1897, converted to a ‘light railway’ in 1899 and finally extended to Portishead in 1907. It allowed local…
Good evening, Following on from yesterdays post looking at the overhaul of legendary A4 Sir Nigel Gresley tonight we have another post from the National Railway Museum in York. Written by Angelique Bonamy the museums Associate Archivist for its Film & Sound Collections she looks at the museums film collection. Last November we told…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest post from the National Railway Museum featuring the overhaul of legendary A4 Sir Nigel Gresley which is coming along at a tremendous rate. Week commencing 14 March 2016 This week saw the completion of the removal of all the tube ends. The last to be removed…
Tonight we have a quick post looking at some great photos of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.
To say this blog has strong links with the Mid Hants railway we haven’t had many photos of locomotives in steam recently am with with Sed30s visit to the line this week it seems appropriate to share his photos On the way home from the Bay popped into Ropley – not much happening drove…
Originally posted on Little Red Passport:
When I found out that there was a huge railway museum in Saitama, I knew I just had to go. Located about an hour away from central Tokyo by train, the railway museum was the perfect day trip for me. In love with trains, I wanted to see all…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at this brilliant video that Southern Locomotives Ltd have produced to make the start of the restoration project of 34010 Sidmouth from scrap yard condition. This film recounts the history of the loco and describes the project which will take around three years. The Southern Locomotive Ltd announced the…
Originally posted on Bristol Harbour Railway Blog:
There’s plenty going on at M Shed at the moment. Henbury is in the shed being dismantled for overhaul. If you are visiting M Shed and would like to make a donation to help Henbury steam again, there is a donation box in front of the viewing window.…
A great look at a railway that hasnt been featured yet on LocoYard The Coalfield Line
Loco Yard 