Good evening Today it was announced that the Mid Hants Mind The Gap apprenticeship project is one of seven finalists in the Heritage category of the 2015 National Lottery Awards! The Mind the Gap project aims to preserve the railway line by providing 14 young people with two-year apprenticeships in heritage engineering and carpentry.…
That’s right, it’s back! New build A1 class 60163 Tornado has returned to service after the completion of its first overhaul. The locomotive has once again been painted in British Railways apple green after being BR express blue prior to withdrawal. This is excellent news to all those who admire this recreation of Peppercorns long…
The Severn Valley Railway is holding a competition to celebrate it’s golden jubilee. To enter, all you need do is buy a ticket on the line from 5th July. Six people lucky people will receive a golden ticket, giving them and a guest an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour – something that will surely attract many enthusiasts!
Seven years ago, after a break away from heritage railways of several years I made a trip to Ropley loco yard, on the Mid Hants Railway. Locomotive yards had always been places that I’ve loved, places where you can find a number of steam engines in one place. On this particular day two locomotives really…
A few weeks ago we reported that the Severn Valley Railway was to run two special trains from Bridgnorth to the “lost” Eardington Halt to raise money for the construction of a lost steam locomotive class – a BR 3MT 2-6-2T. The sold-out specials were hauled by ex-GWR 14xx 1450 (pictured at Bridgnorth above.) We are happy…
During my recent visit to the East Lancashire Railway, I couldn’t help but notice that platform 2 at Bury Bolton Street Station had a semi-complete station canopy. This is a result of the railway being in the unfortunate situation of paying contractors Robert Horne Group subsidiary, Paperlinx, £18,000 a day before the company went into…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest news coming out of the LMS Patriot team who are currently building 45551 The Unknown Warrior. The LMS-Patriot Company is pleased to announce its intention to build a new Fowler 2-6-4T, once 45551 ‘The Unknown Warrior’ is up and running. The new tank engine will feature…
The last years of branch line steam are to be celebrated this weekend, at a special event on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. Resident USA tank 30065 has been re-liveried in late BR black to match A1X Terrier tank locomotives 32670 and 32678 with the Swanage Railway’s Ex-LSWR M7 tank engine 30053.
The GWSR’s annual Cotswold Festival of Steam has once again chosen an imaginative theme going with Speed to the West, with guest locos representing classes who pulled the heavy holiday express trains at the height of rail travel Headlining the event will be two of Bulleid’s light pacifics, 34007 ‘Wadebridge’ courtesy of the Mid-Hants Railway…
The Bodmin and Wenford Railway will be holding their Steam Spring Gala over 2nd-4th May 2015. The line is one of the best heritage railways when it comes to running prototypically correct stock and the gala will be no exception with a locomotive line-up consisting of ex London and South Western and ex Great Western…
Loco Yard 