Today marked the first of a series of celebrations at various preserved railways around the country marking ten years since the withdrawal of Class 201-207’s, affectionately known as “Thumpers”. Ten years ago the last of this type on still working on the mainline ran “The Last Thump”, so fittingly these celebrations have been called “Not…
Hello Welcome to my final post in our mini series looking at Merchant Navy class locomotive Canadian Pacific. My recent blogs posting about her stripping down for costing and parts inspection has proved very popular and have taken the decision to write a mini series looking at her history. The first post looked at her…
The second locomotive in action at the Swanage Railway was rebuilt West Country Pacific 34028 Eddystone (the other being M7 tank 30053 – click here for more). Here are a few pictures of this large steam engine running on Easter Monday.
On Easter Monday I had the pleasure of visiting and traveling on the Swanage Railway in Dorset with Mrs Locoyard. Two locomotives were in steam, including BR lined black liveried M7 tank engine 30053 (the other being 34028 Eddystone). This characterful 0-4-4T locomotive has featured several times on this blog, but despite seeing it several…
This is yet another fantastic mainline video from regular UK Heritage Hub contributor James Corben! Here we see ex-LMS Black 5 44932 in action. Please check out his youtube channel and subscribe (click here). Video description: With BR Standard 7MT 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ still undergoing it’s winter maintenance, LMS Black 5 44932 was in charge…
It was announced at the Mid-Hants Railway’s Spring steam gala 2014 that it would be the last such event attended by U class 31806, as the locomotive is due to leave the railway. The hire agreement between the locomotive’s owner with the railway is due to expire in September. A number of other locomotives also…
What an event the Spring Steam Gala 2014 was! The Watercress Line put on a fantastic show, helped by a good dose of sunshine and even better dose of friendly volunteers to make the day even more enjoyable. Over the past few week’s, many blog posts have been published from the day and all are…
The last few week’s we’ve looked at all of the stars of the Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala 2014, but there was another piece of heritage traction that people were traveling on that was not a “headliner”. Class 205 DEMU 1125 was being hauled by Met Tank No 1. This particular example was built in…
Having picked up another Southern Railway postcard at Medstead and Four Marks (click here to see previous blog post on the LBSCR K class), I decided again to look into the locomotive type illustrated on it – yet another locomotive from a now extinct class. The picture shows Southern railway no A781, an example of…
This is the last blog post looking at the stars of the Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala 2014 and the third product of Richard Maunsell (the other two being 850 Lord Nelson and U class 31806). As with Lord Nelson, this locomotive is a member of the National Collection and preserved in the vibrant Malachite Green…
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