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London Upside Down! Or is it? Modelling Windcutter takes a look at one of Hornby’s new wagon releases. Find out if it’s any good. Hornby also release some snaps of it’s upcoming Class 92 release. UK Rail Crossrail tunnelling has reached Liverpool Street. Next: Central London. The Londonist’s Geoff Marshall has the latest…
Longer term readers of this blog will know that I have an interest in locomotives finished in unique, interesting, but often inaccurate colours and indeed have published a blog post about it in the past looking at models in my collection. Today I’m looking at some real examples. Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR) Prussian…
According to the Railway Heritage Association (www.heritagerailways.com) the total sum of track distance of heritage railways in the UK is no less than 536 miles! That is longer than the total London Underground system and further than the distance between London and Glasgow. With one exception (that I can think of) this has been done…
Today marks 50 years since the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. On 30th January 1965, Bulleid Battle of Britain class 34051 had the honour of hauling the deceased Sir Winston Churchill on his last journey from London Waterloo to the famous statesman’s final resting place in Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire. The locomotive wore disc codes in…
This is proof that the magic of steam is alive and well in Australia! Lovely story!
Tonight we have another great story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony who reminisces of the good old days of steam.
Tonight we have another great story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony who really brings the age of steam back to life!.
Tonight we have a blog post perfectly timed for Burns Night! Following this month’s earlier blog post about the worlds most famous steam engine, it has been announced that the Flying Scotsman is to be returned into service numbered 60103 in British Railways brunswick green.
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is without doubt a railway that is high on my list to visit. Re-opened in 1968, the KWVR was one of the first standard gauge lines to be preserved and has many claims to fame, with perhaps the most well-known being that it was the location for the Railway…
Here we have BRAND NEW UKHH e-zine, released today, 23rd January, to download and read at your leisure; Issue 49 – http://bit.ly/ukhhissue49 Our thanks to everyone, whom continues to contribute to this fast expanding enterprise. It is really gratifying to see new names being included with articles and images. You can visit our homepage at www.themodelcentre.com/ukheritagehub…
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