Originally posted on Phil Lambell:
THEY’RE just machines aren’t they? One hundred and two tons of metal forged and hammered into shape to fulfil a function. Mallard at The Great Goodbye Well yes, and no. If that’s all they were we wouldn’t care about them would we? Not only do we care, we are in…
Originally posted on PDM photos:
This is a picture of 44932 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0. She was one of the “Black Five” locos and is pictured here passing between Hook and Basingstoke in the south of England on its run as the Cathedral’s Express. Although it is more usual to have to go to restored…
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6 glorious A4s at the great goodbye. Well worth a look
Some very interesting points about the 6 surviving A4 pacific locomotives!
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Railway Restoration Team Wins National Award Class 119 vehicle W51073 as it emerges from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway’s restoration A team of volunteers from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway has won the prestigious Railcar of the year award for their work in restoring a rare class 119…
Where would southern model railway enthusiasts be without Graham ‘Muz’ Muspratt? A lot worse off, that’s for sure! Some interesting developments here on both Bachmann and Hornby fronts. Southern Railway, Fisherton Sarum, Canute Road Quay & Westhill Road Further to my last post with the first Bachmann E4 class Engineering Prototype pictures I am now also…
Originally posted on esngblog:
From “Branch Line to Upwell” in the Middleton Press series of albums, describing the well known ex-Great Eastern steam (and finally diesel) tramway: Rev. Teddy Boston, who moved to Wisbech in 1950, was a (sic) ardent railway enthusiast and often travelled on the footplate wearing his cassock and dog collar. Charlie Rand…
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport:
Thanks to Monet and his water lilies, Impressionist painters have gained a reputation for being a bit splodgy, brightly coloured, and concerned with trying to capture the fleeting nature of the quality of light, permanently on canvas. But they were so much more than that. They were recorders…
Originally posted on Pete's Favourite Things:
The traveling post office service was first operated in 1830 and grew to include a number of different routes where the mail was sorted en route and dropped off or picked up without the need for the train to stop. The most iconic portrayal of the TPO came…
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