Good evening, Last week I was on a family holiday back to my home town in Yorkshire and what sort of steam enthusiast doesn’t pop by the National Railway Museum whilst in the neighbourhood? Dave covered most of the exhibits that are based at the NRM in his post for the Great Gathering back in…
Good evening, Wednesday was the first Dorset Coast Express of the season which ran from London Victoria to Weymouth and was hauled by Tangmere. For the last couple of years I traditionally photograph the first one of the season at Eastleigh on the way to work on 35005. However this year I was going to…
Good evening, Tonights post is just a quick one, as mentioned earlier this month the pride of the Southern Railway preserved locomotives 35028 Clan Line has gone into overhaul at Crewe Works. The Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society who own Clan Line have been sharing updates on the progress they are making which can be…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking something slightly different in the form of a review of a theatre stage show. As you can guess by the title it is railway related and even features a real life steam engine. The steam locomotive in question is a rather stunning ex-LWSR Adams T3 on loan from the…
Good evening, So far this year photographing mainline steam in my local area has been a complete wash out for me with 3 cancelled tours and being at the Mid Hants Spring Gala being the fourth. Until recently the B1s rarely venture onto Southern rails so the ex-LNER Mayflower became my top target and yesterday…
Good evening, Tonight we are pleased to report that yesterday 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co, passed her formal steam test with her insurance company. She has had a few trial steamings of her boiler over the last few months, enabling a number of minor niggles to be identified and corrected.This is a very significant…
Good evening, Last sunday the Watercress Line held its annual War on the Line event and with it being Fathers Day it seemed liked the perfect time to visit with the family. The event is set in the time when World War II was well underway and all along the railway there was hectic activity!…
As the day that I will be working on the CanPac project for the Watercress Line approaches, it has given me a little time to reflect on the last steam locomotive to emerge from Eastleigh’s locomotive works after an overhaul. After spending many (if not all) of its’ preserved life on static display, the National Railway Museum’s…
Good evening, Today we are looking at the always lovely Wootton Station on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The station is the current western terminus of the railway that is unlikely to extended any further for the foreseeable future. The original station was located further west but that site had to be abandoned due…
He opened his eyes. A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. A sign overhead said Hogwarts’ Express, eleven o’clock. Harry looked behind him and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, He had done it. Smoke from the…
Loco Yard 