On 7th May 2016 the Watercress Line is hosting Geoff Burch who is to give a very special talk on his fascinating career in the railway industry. Tickets cost just £5 per person and all proceeds will be used to help restore the railway’s flagship steam locomotive, 35005 Canadian Pacific. The talk starts at 11am in The Old Goods…
The Kent and East Sussex Railway is many things. The finest light railway in preservation is one and home to a fantastic collection of rolling stock another, but I was happy to find that it’s also a place with a great sense of humour! On a recent tour of Rolvenden works, I had the pleasure of…
https://www.gofundme.com/newsteadtransport A few weeks ago, I reported on a lost locomotive, Newstead, which had been rediscovered after restored by kept hidden within the Hertfordshire countryside. Last week, her long awaited return to the limelight was complete, and she is now safely at the Nene Valley Railway, where the Small Loco Group will restore the locomotive back to…
Our blog post tonight is a teaser of something that will feature later in the month. After being in touch with the Kent and East Sussex Railway, I’m very happy to report that all being well, I’ll be having a tour of the railways extensive facilities in Rolvenden. Of course this will be reported on here at…
I was rather pleased to be on duty today, as it meant that I was around for the first public testing of 35006 P&O. Yesterday it was being tested as far as Gotherington, but today with service trains running it chuffed up and down the Laverton-Toddington section to keep out of the way of service…
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.
Fantastic news has come out of the Small Loco Group at the Nene Valley Railway, with the announcement of a new locomotive to join their growing fleet of locomotives. A sister locomotive to Jacks Green, and the North Norfolk Railway’s Ring Haw, a Hunslet 16 inch saddle tank called ‘Newstead’, thought to have disappeared off the…
Positive news has come out of Leiston Works Railway (LWR), who want to reinstate the rail line from Buller Road and Main Street to then connect with the award-winning Leiston Long Shop Museum, which is the once the home to the foundries of Richard Garrett & Sons Limited. This line was abandoned in the late 1960s…
This video from the Heritage Lottery Fund looks at how the National Lottery-funded Mind the Gap scheme has led to eight apprentices working on heritage steam engines for the Watercress Line. This scheme was nominated last year as a finalist in the Best Heritage Project category of the National Lottery Awards. It is reassuring to see…
Good evening, Following on from my post looking at the latest news from the 35011 team and Daves post yesterday looking at 35005, tonight I thought I’d turn my attention to the Merchant Navy closest to a return to steam – 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. The first place to start is…
Loco Yard 