When it is a Modified Hall of course! Hawksworth’s Great Western Railway Modified Hall at first glance is similar to Collett’s Hall, but interestingly in some respects it was rather radical and broke the railway’s usual practice of design for two cylinder locomotives.
You may have heard the term “coffee pot” to describe a steam engine with a verticle boiler, or as a nickname for Bulleid’s Q1 class. However, this locomotive proved to be a coffee shaker…
Steam gala’s on the Watercress Line present great opportunities to explore the workshops to see how various overhauls and restoration of different locomotives are progressing. Even considering the recent departures of all but one of John Bunch’s locomotives, the railway has an impressive fleet. The fate of this one locomotive, BR standard 5MT class 73096…
In summary, I have to say that the Watercress Line held a a fantastic steam gala last weekend. With four Great Western visiting locomotives ranging from the mighty Castle to the tiny 14xx class supplemented by the railway’s home fleet, there was non-stop steam action.
Good evening, Following the popular mini series looking at the history of 35005 Canadian Pacific (which can be found here), I was lucky enough to come across one of her former fireman on Facebook. As part of the Mid Hants “Canadian Pacific – Engineering a Future from the Past” project (if the Heritage Lottery grant…
Just a quick post tonight to mention that the Watercress Line will be holding their Autumn Steam Gala from 24-26th October 2014. The event will be covered here on locoyard by Simon and I in some detail! This year there is distinctly a western theme with four GWR visitors (14xx Tank 1450, Castle Class 5029 Nunney Castle,…
The Bluebell Railway has an incredible collection of rolling stock, some of which have featured previously on this blog (click here.) The railway has long striven to put this unique collection under cover and now have an opportunity to raise funds to put up to 20 historic carriages under a roof. Thanks to some generous…
Being a fan of the old Southern Railway, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway has always been a line that has caught my attention in books and in the media. The Southern Railway’s history is largely a progressive one – a tale of early electrification and suburbanisation. The thought of this company owning and running a…
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala for 2014 would have a Western theme, and brought in three Great Western Railway locomotives to run alongside it’s resident locomotives. Between the 26th and 28th September, 5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ and 28xx class 2807 made several trips from Grosmont to Pickering, with 15xx class 1501 being a…
Whilst traveling with my wife and friends on our way for a couple of nights in north Devon last weekend, we had a brief (35 minutes to be exact) moment to stop en-route at the delightfully quaint station at Stogumber on the West Somerset Railway. The line was in the midst of it’s Autumn steam…
Loco Yard 