This week Dave has been posting various things about his trip to the Swanage Railway and by sheer coincidence I have come across a brilliant video of 257 Squadron’s overhaul at Swanage. 34072 257 Squadron is owned by the Southern Locomotives LTD based in Swanage who have been restoring her for the last couple of years.…

Originally posted on Loco Yard:
Having picked up a Southern Railway postcard at Medstead and Four Marks, I decided to look into the locomotive type illustrated on it – a locomotive from a now extinct class.  Since then, another couple of pictures have been added to this blog post below.  The picture’s show Southern railway…

Originally posted on Locksands Life:
When I took a photo back in the early 1970s, I liked the industrial archaeology and in particular, the little industrial steam loco parked up and clearly out of use. These days I can look things up on the wwww – wonderful world wide web – and discover more information.…

Akron Railroad Club members Edward Ribinskas and Jeff Troutman journeyed to Wellington on Saturday along with two other friends to photograph the Leviathan 63, which was pulling excursions on the former Lorain & West Virginia Railroad. Levithan is a replica of a Central Pacific 4-4-0 that operated in the 19th century. Built by Kloke Locomotive…