Good evening, Ashey is the Isle of Wight’s forgotten station with it being a request only stop most people don’t notice it as the train speeds past. Ashey station was originally built on the Ryde to Newport line to serve the small village of Ashey. Calbourne leaving Ashey with the old station house in the…
Hello This post is due to be published on the 6th June ,which is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France. I thought it was important that we marked this historic day with a quick message to say thank you and to celebrate the bravery, honor and sacrifice of those who fought for…
Good evening Despite Newport being the headliner at the spring gala the locomotive I was most impressed with was number 24 Calbourne. Calbourne leaving Ashey
Good evening, Last year I visited Disneyland Paris for my daughters 4th birthday and came across the rather brilliant Disneyland Railroad. It’s a well-known fact that Walt Disney was a huge railway fan and was even building a model GWR King class (sadly he died before he could complete it). When he designed the original Disney…
Good evening Whilst on a trip to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (somewhere you to have visit at least once) I was taking a photo of M33, which is one of only two British warships to survive from World War 1 (with HMS Illustrious in the background), when I noticed 3 old wagons hidden in the corner…
Hello Welcome to my final post in our mini series looking at Merchant Navy class locomotive Canadian Pacific. My recent blogs posting about her stripping down for costing and parts inspection has proved very popular and have taken the decision to write a mini series looking at her history. The first post looked at her…
Hello Welcome to this second post in our mini series looking at Merchant Navy class locomotive Canadian Pacific. My recent blogs posting about her stripping down for costing and parts inspection has proved very popular and have taken the decision to write a mini series looking at her history. The first post looked at her…
After my popular review of the Hornby Castle class I have decided to do a review of the GWR’s top link locomotive King class. The model I will be looking at is part of the Royal Mail ‘Great British Railways Collection’ and comes with several special additions. Like all my reviews I will start by…
Over the last week or so Dave has been doing a great job of doing posts on all the locomotives that featured in this years Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala. I had the pleasure of attending the gala with Dave and got some good shots which I thought I’d share with you. This is actually…
Roger Smith We are back after a quick rest and various illnesses, so it is quite appropriate that today’s first photo features Canadian Pacific getting some TLC. The blue-liveried Southern Region Merchant Navy was being maintained in the carriage sidings at Gloucester Central in 1994 as she prepares for the return leg of her railtour from…
Loco Yard 