During the open day on the Severn Valley Railway last Saturday, I was given the opportunity to explore the carriage works in Kidderminster. As with most facilities on the preserved railway, this was an impressive set up within a relatively large building. Furthermore, it should be noted that this is a separate facility to a large carriage shed, also used…
More pictures from the 1990’s and another Throwback Thursday! This time the pictures were taken on the Bluebell Railway. Remarkably, with the exception of U class 1618, the other locomotives running in these pictures have since been overhauled and are in the running fleet in 2016.
Especially for our (almost) wordless Wednesday is Urie S15 class 30499, a locomotive happily preserved by the Urie group, based on the Watercress Line. They are working to return her back to original LSWR condition with stove pipe chimney for 2020, her 100th birthday. She is pictured here in British Railways service. Please see http://www.urieloco.co.uk for…
Last Saturday the Severn Valley Railway held an open day where by paying a small supplement of £5 the visitor got to have a look at what was happening behind the scenes. This was very much a busman’s holiday for me, but nonetheless very interesting! The first port of call was Bewdley where Mrs Locoyard and I…
Yesterday an update was posted on the Watercress Line’s blog detailing some of the special tours that have been arranged. These are free and fun, tailored to most age ranges so it’s well worth taking advantage of them whilst you can! Please click on the following link to read the article: preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/take-a-walk-with-us With HLF funding, this project…
Tonight we’re back down memory lane (or should that be memory line?) with a few recently rediscovered pictures taken on the Watercress Line in the late 1990’s. Many pictures feature former resident BR Standard 5MT 73096, whilst Urie S15 class 30506 is seen in front of what is now the carriage and visiting 46229 Duchess…
(Almost) a wordless Wednesday!
Today the 49th anniversary of the end of steam in the south was marked by a special rail tour hauled by Stanier Jubilee class 45699 Galatea. It was great to see steam on the mainline for this commemoration, especially considering mainline operations not too long ago looked in doubt. Although this wasn’t a Southern steam engine,…
After a visit to my family home, I’ve now got my entire photo collection at hand and after a massive scanning session, tonight we have a slideshow of a number of pictures taken on the Kent and East Sussex Railway in the 1990’s. Look out for (amongst other things) pictures of rural Kent (the garden of…
Three years ago we published an article about Maunsell’s ill-fated K (or River) class. The K class were a 2-6-4T design that were later converted into 2-6-0 U class tender locomotives as a result of a safety review after a number of derailments. Very little goes to waste on railways and so this was not the…
Loco Yard 