Good evening, The West Somerset Railway marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of Taunton’s steam locomotive shed during its Autumn Steam Gala this weekend. A line-up of ‘guest’ engines has been hired for the event, including the Manor Class 7820 Dinmore Manor. Some of the WSR-based ‘residents’ will also assume the identities of long-vanished…
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…
While the Nene Valley Railway is famous for its international locomotives and famous guest locos for their galas, with the names of Tornado, Bitten and Flying Scotsman just to name a few, many of the industrial locomotives can be left out. Well, that changed with the Nene Valley Railway Small Loco Group, which aims to…
Action from this year’s Autumn Gala including 88, 1450, 2857, 4566, 30053, 34053 Sir Keith Park, 43106, 43924 and 73129. Also running on the Thursday 1501 and 7812 Erlestoke Manor on the night trains. http://www.facebook.com/groups/UKHeritageHub http://www.themodelcentre.com/UKHeritageHub @UKHeritageHub
I write on this subject with a degree of caution, as it is a complex issue that I have only been following closely for the past few months, and seems to have been going on for a considerable amount of time. the WSRA, which is the main support body of the WSR as a…
I think I must be allergic to the Severn Valley’s Autumn steam galas, last year I had tonsilitus, and this year all didn’t exactly go to plan, yet again. Before this weekend I was expecting to be able to spend a half decent amount of time at the SVR gala, considering I wasn’t actually in…
Now that you’ve digested the first lot of locos that will be present (click here for more), here’s the rest and also what else will be happening. This is Ex-GWR prairie 4566, newly painted in BR Black (whtever floats your boat…) will be operating the majority of local services. Normally this loco pulls the dining…
Not that it needs mentioning much, being the premier event of the year, I thought I’d take a look at the up coming Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala (SVR ASG) on the 19th – 22nd September. I’ve been trying to go for a couple of years but various events have conspired against me. This…
The Summer of 2014 has been a bumper season for Mainline Steam in Southern England, despite Fire Risks and FBU Strikes threatening to hamper this. This video showcases some of the best bits from July and August. 44932 – Royal Wessex – July 5th: Netley, Brockenhurst 45407 – Royal Duchy – July 6th: Taunton, Dawlish…
Rather remarkably, somehow I managed to skip this this beautiful locomotive when reporting about my visit to the Bluebell Line (click here to read more.) This was probably because I only saw it briefly as it pulled away with the line’s Wealden Rambler. It had been many years since I had seen this locomotive in…
Loco Yard 