On the fourth of April, I visited the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. It has been at least five years since my previous visit.One of the big changes was the addition of the roof over the station at Pickering. The magnificent roof structure is of the same design as the original, built in 1847 by G T…
On Saturday 25th February 2017, I visited the Nene Valley Railway for their Bulleid 50 event, celebrating the return of Battle of Britain class, 34081 ’92 Squadron’ and commemorating the end of Bulleid Pacifics on the mainline. As their website described;“The summer of 1967 is remembered for many things. We could watch colour television for…
On the 1st October, the North Norfolk Railway held the annual Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society Members Day. All of the society’s locomotives were operational, B12 8572, Y14 564, Wissington, and Class 31, D5631, alongside class 37 D6732. Each of the locomotives, apart from the 37 were available at different times of the…
From Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th September, the North Norfolk Railway held their Autumn Steam Gala, which proved to be an excellent event.The visiting locomotives were S&DJR Class 7F, No. 53809, 2-8-0 – Courtesy of 13809 Preservation Society ltd, LMS Ivatt Class 2, No. 46521, 2-6-0 – Courtesy of Great Central Railway & LSLG and LMS Stanier…
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the death of possibly the most famous steam locomotive Chief Mechanical Engineer of the 20th Century, Sir Nigel Gresley. He became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway in 1911 and at the grouping of railways in 1923 CME of the London and North Eastern Railway. After a…
The Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive trust’s A4 class 60007 has been transported to the National Railway Museum, York for its overhaul. The intention is to return the famous LNER A4 class Pacific to the mainline.
Given the recent blog posts on LNER A4 class locomotives, I thought there was room for another! A link to the above video was recently shared by Rowan Jackson on the UKHH’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukheritagehub/.) It really captures the essence of the job that the A4 class and its crews did whilst in service, with…
On the 2nd June 1944, the small market town of Soham was awaken by an almighty bang. The case of this was a ammunition train, coming through the town. The story in the video above is told by my grandfather, who lived though the experience, remembers the night well.
Retired Engine Driver John Anthony has submitted another blog post, sharing more of his experience driving the record breaking 4468 Mallard. Without further ado, here is John’s second piece on this beautiful creature!
We have a new contributor who is no other than Retired Engine Driver John Anthony. Without further ado, here is John’s piece on driving the worlds fastest steam engine – 4468 Mallard!
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