An agreement has been reached between the West Somerset Railway and the owners of GWR Hall class 4-6-0 no 4936 Kinlet Hall which will see the loco based on the WSR for the next five years. Although the engine’s ‘home shed’ will be Minehead it will be available for main line work as required and…
Ex-GWR 14xx Class 1450 is set to run to Eardington Halt on the Severn Valley Railway, 17th April 2015. The station is located south of Bridgnorth, but due to its’ remote location, short platform and being on a 1 in 100 gradient, the station was removed from the preserved railway’s timetable in 1982.
Good Friday sees the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway reopen for the 2015 Season. Trains will be running every day this long bank holiday weekend with steam locomotive ‘Superb’ starting the season off.
After visiting the Bluebell Railway on Sunday, I thought it would be a good time to post a quick update from Sheffield Park works. We begin with a brief look of recently overhauled Maunsell Q class 30541, sporting (for the first time in preservation) a British Railways late crest, as pictured above. I was…
The Swanage Railway will be hosting two big events in the next couple of months, namely their steam gala from Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April, 2015 and their Diesel Gala from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 May, 2015. Both events are shaping up nicely.
As reported earlier in the week, tomorrow is the first day of the Severn Valley Railway’s 50 anniversary steam gala. To mark the occasion, here are a few photographs that were taken in the 1990’s by the late Basil Roberts. I have been fortunate to have recently purchased these pictures and hope Basil Roberts…
It’s just a very quick blog post tonight to mention what looks to be an incredible event that will take place in the next few days. This weekend the Severn Valley Railway will be marking their 50th anniversary with three days of steam action. Confirmed visitors (as this article went to press) are 8F Austerity…
As reported in the latest UK Heritage Hub (http://bit.ly/ukhhissue51) the Bluebell Railway has been successful in bidding for funds to support projects on the line. The Play Carriage Project will get off the ground soon after the Arts Council Museum Resilience Fund awarded the Bluebell Railway £84,150. This will see an as yet to be…
Just a quick post for anyone who’s ever considered volunteering on a heritage railway. The GWSR is holding its first ever recruitment fair this weekend (21st-22nd March) This is the time to discover what you can do to help, whether it be up on the footplate, inspecting tickets, restoration work, catering, the list goes on…
Good evening, I came across this story that appeared in the Mid Sussex Times and its truly heart-rending. A ten-year-old boy with a terminal illness has been granted his wish of a life time – to become a train driver for the day. When he was born Daniel Bainbridge from Abingdon, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis,…
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