The North Norfolk Railway’s annual steam gala was held on the weekend of the 6th to the 8th March, and what a spectacular weekend it was. The visitors were LNER Class D49 Morayshire, which was visiting from Scotland, a 4-4-0 locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley, courtesy of the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish Railway…
925 “Cheltenham” rests at Alresford awaiting her next duties. As you are no doubt now aware by now, a little while ago now (been rather busy since!) three locoyard bloggers assembled together for the MHR Spring (!?) Steam Gala. As a first time visitor to the railway it was great to be shown round by…
This morning we have a quick blog post on progress on the project to return the Flying Scotsman to service. Yesterday an update on Riley & Sons overhaul of the worlds most famous steam engine was published. Major work to the frames has been completed and a new buffer beam plate has been fitted. Heritage Painting…
As reported earlier this year, today, 6th March 2015 marked exactly 50 years since the closure of the Whitby-Rillington Junction Railway. The two locomotives that hauled the famous railtour on the Railway’s last day of operations today repeated the run to commemorate the anniversary of the closure of the line. It also gives a…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, recalling working on a powerful machine…
To round off my articles on the Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala, tonight we have a slideshow of remaining pictures, mainly of the home fleet in action. I hope you enjoy the show!
Some of you may have noticed that this blog post was originally published too early, revealing a brief and unplanned behind the scenes view of locoyard! Hopefully this time you’ll see the post in it’s finished state… We often talk a lot about the engineering ingenuity, expertise and brilliance of our railways, but perhaps not as…
Unlike Stanier’s competing express passenger locomotive class; the LMS Coronation class, the streamlining of Sir Nigel Gresley’s LNER A4 class was more than skin deep. Therefore when wartime and the following nationalisation of the country’s railways brought with them a more austere and pragmatic management approach, the streamlining of the A4’s remained, being intrinsic to…
Tonight we have a freshly edited version of retired Engine Driver John Anthony’s most popular piece on driving LNER A4 class pacific 4468 Mallard. Indeed it is so popular that John had a letter published in the Daily Mail (26/3/14) with his “mug shot” in it. It won letter of the week too!
70000 Britannia was one of two visitors at the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam gala 2015. The locomotive has featured on this blog several times in the past as I’ve had the pleasure of seeing it in action on many occasions. The odd thing for me is that despite seeing it many times, I am yet…
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