Since 1967 when it was purchased from British Railway for £3,000, Standard 9F class 92203 has been owned by wildlife artist David Sheppard. Since then 92203 was named Black Prince and it has become quite a celebrity and even a record holder. In September 1982, 92203 hauled the heaviest train ever by a steam locomotive in Britain, starting an…
Earlier in the year we reported (here) that the Paignton and Dartmouth Railway had sold their GWR prairie tank locomotive no 4588, but we were unsure of the final destination. Thanks to Colin Foster we can report that 4588 is currently in Rowsley South on the Peak Railway. Given that it is parked next to Pete…
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!
Tonight we have a short blog post to report on progress of an overhaul of a British Railways Standard class locomotive in Devon. A few days ago, the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway published pictures of their BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0, 75014 Braveheart’s boiler arriving back from Crewe at Churston on their Facebook page (click…
The National Railway Museum have published details of plans for the world’s most famous steam locomotive’s first year of operation after completion of its major overhaul. According to the latest official Flying Scotsman overhaul blog entry* to-date (as this article is published,) Riley and Sons still plan to complete the Flying Scotsman’s overhaul later this…
The above video has been published by Marsh Steam Videos, showing 46100 Royal Scot on her loaded test run on the Severn Valley Railway. This locomotive’s return to service has been highly anticipated and is sure to be a hit at the railway’s Autumn Steam Gala that commences tomorrow. The gala will also be featuring…
The Swindon and Cricklade Railway have launched an appeal to secure the future of Spartan. Spartan is a Polish Tkh 0-6-0 tank engine built in 1953 by the Fablok Company in the town of Chzanov. Remarkably, 3135 Spartan is the first steam locomotive owned by the preserved railway, despite it being established in 1978. It moved to the…
A few days ago the Kent and East Sussex Railway Saturday Gang recently published a new update. The group work in the railway’s locomotive workshops in Rolvenden, overhauling and repairing the light railway’s fleet of locomotives. Details of work on six steam locomotives and Ransomes and Rapier 30-ton Steam Crane DS81 are provided in the latest…
Icons of Steam have a collection of remarkable steam locomotives. Where possible the locomotives are kept in working order and where possible on the mainline. The locomotive in the collection that is in the news currently is world famous 46100 Royal Scot. Today Royal Scot was delivered to the Severn Valley Railway, where it will run a…
A new potash mine is to open near Sneaton, which in itself is quite remarkable, being the first to open for forty years. As part of the new development, Sirius Minerals are required to pay significant developer contributions to mitigate the transport impacts of the new site. This will provide a very useful £4.5 million…
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