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…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at something rather special that is often overlooked and forgotten. Commander B is the oldest surviving Hawthorn Leslie locomotive in the world, built in Newcastle works in 1899! She was originally named Newcastle but when she arrived Hollycombe was renamed after the collection’s founder, Cdr. Baldock. The engine was purchased…
As today is Remembrance Sunday, a day when we remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom, it is rather fitting that we look at a locomotive that served on Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) from the date it was construction (1910) until 1953. The LMR was built by the…
The Ribble Steam Railway is a particularly charismatic standard gauge steam railway. It runs for one and a half miles through Preston Docks and fittingly given this location has a very large collection of industrial locomotives. Indeed, many of you will be shocked to see how massive the fleet is (go to http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/locomotive-check-list to see for yourself!)…
One of the delights of the modern heritage railway is it’s ability to surprise you when you find something unusual. So it was just over a week ago when I met Susan for the first time on the South Devon Railway. Susan at first glance might look like a diesel shunter, but she is a steam locomotive! …
Any celebration of uncelebrated locomotive’s had to include at least one Hunslet Austerity Tank engines and the East Lancashire Railway mustered two for their Small Engines Weekend.
Bellerophon was a hero of Greek legend, famous for riding Pegasus and slaying the Chimera – a fire breathing beast. Being one of the greatest names of mythology, it comes as no surprise that it has been used for a number of warships. A little more surprisingly though, is that is name of a quirky…
Good Friday sees the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway reopen for the 2015 Season. Trains will be running every day this long bank holiday weekend with steam locomotive ‘Superb’ starting the season off.
Industry was the driving force behind the creation of railways. It’s importance can not be underestimated, but in modern Great Britain we live in largely de-industrialised times and so it can be easy to forget. It is therefore very satisfying to see concerted efforts to celebrate industrial steam traction.
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