As with most visits to the Bluebell Railway, last Sunday proved to be an absolute Southern Railway delight! Working alongside S15 class 847 was U class 1638, another machine owned by the Maunsell Locomotive Society. The locomotive is in it’s final year of operation, with its’ ten year boiler certificate coming to an end soon. …
I was happy on Sunday to catch the Bluebell Line’s S15 class 847 in action. It had been many years since I had seen it in action before and it was as impressive as I remembered it! The S15 class is a classic British two cylinder 4-6-0 design with its origins in pre-grouping…
After visiting the Bluebell Railway on Sunday, I thought it would be a good time to post a quick update from Sheffield Park works. We begin with a brief look of recently overhauled Maunsell Q class 30541, sporting (for the first time in preservation) a British Railways late crest, as pictured above. I was…
What a fantastic story!
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time of working a southern stranger on the hills of the Settle and Carlisle Railway.
What an interesting day it was today! After an unplanned errand left me in Sussex late this morning, I was left at a lose end. Now for most people they would head back home, a mere 30 minutes away but instead I carried on in the other direction into the depths of Sussex countryside. A…
The Swanage Railway will be hosting two big events in the next couple of months, namely their steam gala from Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April, 2015 and their Diesel Gala from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 May, 2015. Both events are shaping up nicely.
As reported earlier in the week, tomorrow is the first day of the Severn Valley Railway’s 50 anniversary steam gala. To mark the occasion, here are a few photographs that were taken in the 1990’s by the late Basil Roberts. I have been fortunate to have recently purchased these pictures and hope Basil Roberts…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time of working a badly behaving 4P Compound in the dark…
It’s just a very quick blog post tonight to mention what looks to be an incredible event that will take place in the next few days. This weekend the Severn Valley Railway will be marking their 50th anniversary with three days of steam action. Confirmed visitors (as this article went to press) are 8F Austerity…
Loco Yard 