Some great Throwback Thursday photos from the Bristol Harbour Railway looking at when the GWR 813 Saddle Tank visited the line. Another Throwback Thursday to 29th July 2001, when GWR 813 was visiting Bristol. This locomotive has just celebrated its centenary, having been built in June 1901. You can learn more about GWR 813 ……
Here are a series of pictures I took in Rogiet, Gwent on May 4th 2013 of 34067 Tangmere, an SR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 steam locomotive as it stopped to take on water. This was actually the first time I ever got to see a steam locomotive up close. I was sat at home…
On a frosty, sunny February day I escaped to the Kent marshes for a day out on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Here’s Hurricane looking lovely in her blue livery. She hauled my train… Source: Sun, Steam and Steak – a Day on the RH&DR
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L&MR was opened on 15 Sep 1830 between Liverpool and Manchester. It was first public transport system which did not use animal traction power and the first to provide a scheduled passenger service; although it could be argued that it was seen as even more crucial for goods…
Good evening, Thursday will see Flying Scotsman make her inaugural run between London Kings Cross and York and to celebrate this run BigJigs have kindly sent there model of her to review. So without further adieu. Class: Gresley A1/3 Pacfic Use: Express Passenger Region: London and North Eastern Railway Era: 1922 (A3: 1928) – 1966 Preserved example: 4472 (60103) Flying Scotsman…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest update from the 35011 General Steam Navigation project which went live today. Being a member of the 35011 team I am obviously thrilled about the great progress that is made with the project and I hope lots of you are interested in the project and would…
Good evening, Yesterday I posted all my better photos from the Mid Hants Gala and I mentioned that at the start of the day I had 2 shots I wanted to get with the first being the Ivatt hauling the freight in the morning which turned out as planned. The second of these shots was…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at my shots from this years Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala which with me being on the 35011 General Steam Navigation stand all day meant my chances to get photos were limited. That being said I had 2 photos I wanted to get at the start of the day…
One of my fav engines is the humble 350hp diesel shunter, an o60 chassis with a marine engine of which the Mid Hants has at least 4! One of them was on shunting duty today and here it is Looking forward to the release of the Dapol O gauge model later…
Good evening, Tonight we are featuring a blog post by the always brilliant Inglenook South who takes a look at the Hornby 466 class EMU. I do have a soft spot for these units but I dont think I will ever purchase one myself I doubt pre-grouping GWR and Network SouthEast trains would mix well…
Loco Yard 