CanPac Update!

A new update of the Canadian Pacific project has been published today – please check out http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/canpac-project-update to read it in full!

Help Please! Funds, Tools, Time, Memories, Movies, Images…

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,…

GCR 567

Tonight, We are looking at one of the less well-known new build projects in the form of the GCR 567. The GCR 567 Locomotive Group has been formed to construct a classic Victorian locomotive a Great Central Railways Class 2 later re-classed as LNER D7. Like most of the new builds the group is basing the locomotive on…

Oakworth Station – The home of the railway children

Good evening, In July I took my daughter to see the Railway Children stage show in London (which I reviewed here) and since then she has become very interested in the book and 1970s feature film. Whilst at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway I couldn’t miss the opportunity to recreate part of the movie…

35006s first test run

Good evening Last week we reported the fantastic news that 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co. moved for the first time under its own steam in 51 years. 35006 becomes the fourth Merchant Navy class to be returned to working order in preservation and is currently the only one in serviceable condition. Other Sister locomotives that have…

A Mayflower in Eastleigh

Good evening, On Wednesday I was able to quickly stop by Eastleigh to see this weeks Dorset Coast Express. The locomotive originally scheduled was one of my favourites, 34067 Tangmere but due to her latest incident she was replaced. The next locomotive on the schedule was 60009 Union Of South Africa. This A4 class does not come down…

Unrebuilding a Merchant Navy

Good evening, As the blogs official Merchant Navy class news reporter, we are tonight looking at a new project with the aim of unrebuilding a member of the class. An original chain driven Merchant Navy has been high on the wish list of many Southern railway enthusiasts for a number of years and so if…

34051 Sir Winston Churchill at the NRM

Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a rather special locomotive that has recently completed a cosmic overhaul at the Mid Hants and is now on display at the National Railway Museum. This is probably the most famous member of OVS Bulleid’s Battle of Britain class and as a result is rightly a member of…

A ride behind S160 5280

Good evening, Before I left Yorkshire I made a special trip to the KWVR once again for a quick ride of the line with my daughter. We arrived at Keighley only minutes before the train was due to depart the station which meant we had no idea what locomotive traction we had. Upon reaching Oxenhope…

A Brief Encounter with a 4F

Good evening, On my holiday in sunny Yorkshire, my family and I went for a random drive around the countryside and came across Haworth station. Not missing the opportunity to see some steam action we parked up and whilst my wife and kids went off to explore the shops I waited to see what would arrive. 5…