Today the 49th anniversary of the end of steam in the south was marked by a special rail tour hauled by Stanier Jubilee class 45699 Galatea. It was great to see steam on the mainline for this commemoration, especially considering mainline operations not too long ago looked in doubt. Although this wasn’t a Southern steam engine,…
Saturday 2nd April saw the first SW steam of 2016. From Waterloo-Salisbury-Exeter -Newbury-Reading-Ascot-Victoria. She is seen here at Brewham Summit.
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…
I set out with a little trepidation on Sunday after the previous failures out on the mainline had left me wondering how much worse it could get for mainline steam. I needn’t have worried. Brittania stormed through the whole day showing everyone just what steam on the mainline should be like for passengers and linesiders…
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…
A first look at Project 28, a new film being produced by UK Heritage Hub’s roving reporter James Corben. In this film, we take a look back over the past few years at some of Clan Line’s ground-breaking railtours, as well as a behind-the-scenes look inside the locomotive’s base at Stewarts Lane as the Merchant…
Good evening, Over the last couple of weeks JS Rail on YouTube has been posting a fantastic series of videos called Engines at Work which showcases some of the finest locomotives in Preservation, both on the Mainline and Preserved Network. The first video focuses on Merchant Navy No. 35028 ‘Clan Line’ – the pride and…
Icons of Steam have recently published their report of 2014 and plans for 2015. The report contains a video of 4464 Bittern’s last mainline run on its current boiler ticket and a link to details of how the LNER A4 class will spend 2015 running on the Watercress Line.
Following Simon’s excellent blog post yesterday and this morning’s Advent Calendar blog post is Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere, this time running through Emsworth.
Here’s the latest video in the series of Loco Profiles for UK Heritage Hub. This video showcases the two surviving BR Standard Class 7s (better known as the ‘Brits’) – 70000 ‘Britannia’ and 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’. Here the pair are seen hard at work, showing why they’re such firm favourites with engine crew and enthusiasts…
Loco Yard 