Many of my older collection of photographs have featured on this website before, but visits to my childhood home often unveil new finds, some good, some not so! The picture featured in this blog post fits into the latter category, but is the only one I’ve found of a particular former locomotive of the Kent…
This steam locomotive is one of the few in the UK that can honestly say it’s run past Hell on a regular basis during its career. This is no joke, although “Hell” in this case is the name of a village in Norway. No 376, aptly named Norwegian, has featured on this blog frequently over the years…
The number of decent un-doctored images out in the World Wide Web are probably far and few between. Most of the images found on this website would have had a few adjustments after a photograph was taken – most commonly a crop and/or a slight rotation. Minor adjustments to brightness and contrast are also made from time to…
The Spa Valley Railway boasts something that is a little unusual – an original engine shed. Indeed it is the only original LB&SCR steam shed still in operation. Some of the locomotives based on the railway proudly wear their 75F shed code, as can be seen on the front of the class 33 pictured above.
A new potash mine is to open near Sneaton, which in itself is quite remarkable, being the first to open for forty years. As part of the new development, Sirius Minerals are required to pay significant developer contributions to mitigate the transport impacts of the new site. This will provide a very useful £4.5 million…
Thanks to the grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, work to return Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific is well underway. However, we still need help and assistance to complete the project and you can assist in a variety of ways. You can support the project through donations of funds or tools, by volunteering your time,…
There’s no doubt that steam locomotives originating from different nations have big differences in style and design. British locomotives are relatively compact, especially compared with American steam engines. There were differences in style and engineering practice between nations, plus differences of loading gauge (the UK’s being very narrow) that also no doubt made a big difference to the…
Since this website’s creation there have been quite a few articles written about the Kent and East Sussex Railway, but remarkably very little about the railway’s rolling stock. This is remarkable considering that the line’s fleet of carriages is one of its greatest assets. Aside from the ubiquitous British Railway’s mark one carriages (that almost…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of a brief visit to the Kent and East Sussex Railway, one of my old haunts. Unfortunately I didn’t have time for a ride but I purchased a platform ticket and a limited edition 00 scale wagon for my (still!) non existent model railway. The K&ESR has come a long way…
It is important not to lose sight of the fact that railways were developed first and foremost for moving freight. On the modern day heritage railway, except when charters are run, a goods train rarely directly generates revenue, for the days of pick-up goods are long gone. It is therefore especially pleasing to see the lengths that preserved…
Loco Yard 