LSWR Drummond M7 Tank Engine 245

The National Railway Museum’s LSWR M7 tank is one of two members of the once 105 strong class of M7 tank.

Buckfastleigh

As promised when we looked at posters, railwayana and other details (click here for more) at Buckfastleigh, this is the report looking at a site visit to Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, that include photographs of 1366 class pannier tank 1369 in steam, as well as other locomotives, both steam and diesel..

A Giant In A Beautiful Land

The Paignton and Dartmouth Railway is set in one of the most stunning settings of any heritage railway in the UK. Running from the seaside resort of Paignton, the line climbs through woodland, through Greenway tunnel to the Dart Estuary, terminating in Kingswear, where we see the giant Great Western Tank Engine, aptly named Goliath.

Model of the Week – GWR 49xx class – 4936 Kinlet Hall

Today’s model of the Week is a GWR member of the Locoyard fleet of locomotives. Bachmann’s 49XX Hall class model is very good (click here for it’s review) and today we look at the locomotive behind the model…

A Guest Video Contribution Of 34046 Braunton In Action!

Regular UK Heritage Hub contributor James Corben has very kindly allowed us to share his excellent video of rebuilt West Country Pacific 34046 Braunton in it’s first mainline run yesterday. This is an excellent video, showing how magnificent this locomotive looks running at speed on the mainline. James will be writing a full article on…

Bluebell S15 Class News

Since the withdrawal of S15 class 825 from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway earlier this year, there has been a short period of time when no S15 class locomotives are operation in this country. Fortunately, it looks as though this will change sooner rather than later!

UK’s Youngest Six-Coupled Classic

Not nearly as glamorous as a 4-6-2 Pacific or as numerous in preservation as a 4-6-0, the humble 0-6-0 six coupled locomotive is without doubt one of the most historically important types in the history of the UK’s railways. To give you an idea of how important they are, consider that in 1900, one third…

Teddy the Peckett

The National Railway Museum in York is full of famous, momentous and historically significant items. This was particularly so during the Great Gathering when all six surviving Gresley A4 Pacific’s lined up to celebrate the fact that they are the fastest steam engine class in the world and have been for 75 years. As much…

Model of the Week – Maunsell Schools class V – 925 Cheltenham

Our Model of the Week feature today is school’s class 925 Cheltenham. Illustrated with pictures of Locoyard’s Hornby model, we look at the history of this steam engine.

Posters, railwayana and other details at Buckfastleigh station

Buckfastleigh station on the South Devon Railway is a delightful station and an example of the heritage movement creating something bigger and more impressive than it was in GWR and BR days.