Black 5s at Penrith by robertlazenby
A great photo of the Black 5s Nos 45407 and 44871 at Penrith Station on West Coast Mainline From 500px Source: Black 5s at Penrith by robertlazenby
A great photo of the Black 5s Nos 45407 and 44871 at Penrith Station on West Coast Mainline From 500px Source: Black 5s at Penrith by robertlazenby
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest news from Oxford Rail where they announced they will be releasing a Deans Goods in OO gauge. The 0-6-0 GWR 2301 ‘Deans Goods’ Class of locomotives were designed by William Dean and built at the Great Western Swindon railway works between 1883 – 1899. In all…
An incredible set of pictures from a blog well worth following! Source: Steamtown Railfest 2015
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.
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The preserved North Norfolk Railway does what it says on the can – it is part of the old Midland & Great Northern Railway, running along the north coast of Norfolk from Sheringham. These days, it tries to run appropriate stock, even if it is Great Eastern in origin. However, in…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the January Update from the General Steam Navigation project, the unrebuilding of a Merchant Navy has long been talked about since Barry with the amount of Merchant Navy’s surviving the cutters torch. We are happy to confirm that the 35011 General Steam Navigation team will be hosting…
Earlier this month, Hornby announced a number of new product lines to be released later this year across their brands. With the resurrection of their old Thomas the Tank engine range, Hornby is looking to cater for more than just the mainly adult dominated scale model market by producing a range of battery powered toy…
Simon mentioned on Twitter not so long ago that we’re yet to have a Bulleid themed blog post this year. So tonight we end this drought with a few pictures to enjoy!
Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting piece by Graham Muz. As regular readers of my blog will I know I often assist a number of the model manufacturers and commissioners with support, advice and research in conjunction to models that they are in the process of developing. This post is a ‘comment piece’…
Seeing as it is Saturday evening, it seemed the ideal timing to report on the Kent and East Sussex Railway’s Saturday Gang! They have started the year by publishing an update on the end of 2015. The gang work on maintaining and overhauling the railway’s fleet of locomotives. In the latest update, details of work on eight…