Good evening, Icons of Steam today announced that its rebuilt West Country class 34046 Braunton will be returning to steam in April but will be renamed as 34052 Lord Dowding. This technically means she will become a member of the Battle of Britain class with Lord Dowding being named after the Second World War Royal…
Good evening, Tonight we are having a quick look at the Great Central Railway’s Winter Gala. The GCRs Winter Galas seen by the majority of railway enthusiasts as the curtain opener to the years heritage events and this years was no different. Our little family loves steam trains, my grandfather was a fireman on them…
Originally posted on The Model Railways of Oly Turner and Chris Matthews:
While my commute has been extended dramatically due to the line being missing between Dover and Folkestone I finally have an opportunity to get some more words down about my Austerity. Since Stoating I had swapped and sold the old fleet of austerities…
An interesting look at some model lamps, an essential model locomotive detail – Source: Modelu 3D printed Lamps-Review
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2016 with Simon. There were many layouts on display at this large and generally well attended fixture in the model railway exhibition calendar. Held at Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh it is one of the best on Hampshire’s coast in my opinion and the visit proved to be…
The latest blog post from the Watercress Line’s carriage shop has been published, including an update of the restoration of Bulleid coach 1456, one of two Bulleid designed passenger carriages being restored as part of the Canadian Pacific Project. To read the update please click on the link below: http://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/whats-brewing-in-the-carriage-shop
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting post by Paul Kirkman the Director of the National Railway Museum in York and he talks about the museums future plans. When I arrived at the National Railway Museum at the end of 2012, my colleagues were still a little bruised from the recent collapse…
Originally posted on utterlee:
Yesterday I had an errand to run at Kentish Town so I took the opportunity to coincide my journey with the passing through of Kensal Rise station by the Cathedrals Express steam engine…
Here we are in 2016, almost 2 years since the original locoyard model railway was dismantled and still there’s no version 2. But we’re getting closer! In December an update for the model railway was published in the link at the foot of this blog post and since then there’s been progress. On a Saturday…
Good evening, Tonight we are having a quick look at the latest updates from Clan Lines overhaul at Crewe Works. With Clan Line being the flagship of preserved Southern Region steam locomotives, her overhaul is being closely watched. Work is progressing well on the locomotive with the team getting a much better idea of what…
Loco Yard 