Good evening, As I reported earlier in the year a trust is being formed with the objectives of securing the future of Merchant Navy class 35011 General Steam Navigation and finding her a new home to begin restoration. The trusts aim is return 35011 to her original as-built condition as this will both fill the…
The Swanage Railway will be holding their Autumn Steam gala 14th to 16th October. It promises to have quite an incredible collection of Southern locomotives, with two visitors from the National Collection – King Arthur class 777 Sir Lamiel and ex-LSWR T9 class 30120. These will be supplemented by the home fleet with U class 31806,…
The worlds most famous steam engine is getting closer to completion of its overhaul, with a new blog update published a few days ago at http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/see/photos. Amongst other items, the blog post reports that the cab, assembly of airbrake components and work on the motion are nearly finished.
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…
Hornby have reported some interesting news – that they will be producing a model of Peckett and Sons W4 0-4-0ST. Expected completion of this model is not until late 2016, so we have a little while to wait and save our pennies! Hornby’s choice in producing this characterful industrial type shows that the range of ready to run products 00…
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…
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