Tonight we have a short blog post to report on progress of an overhaul of a British Railways Standard class locomotive in Devon. A few days ago, the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway published pictures of their BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0, 75014 Braveheart’s boiler arriving back from Crewe at Churston on their Facebook page (click…
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
Sorry. I’m not really a dog lover so this is not a real greyhound. In fact it is a steam railway locomotive. It has featured on this blog before when I wrote about a special enthusiasts train I went on called The Sussex Coast Limited. The train made a photo…
On the final day of the Watercress Line’s Open Weekend, I arrived early at Ropley and took a few photographs in the thick fog that make for a short but moody slideshow that I hope you enjoy!
The National Railway Museum have published details of plans for the world’s most famous steam locomotive’s first year of operation after completion of its major overhaul. According to the latest official Flying Scotsman overhaul blog entry* to-date (as this article is published,) Riley and Sons still plan to complete the Flying Scotsman’s overhaul later this…
Good evening, I saw this brilliant post by Graham Muz on the 35011 page this afternoon and was surprised to see its never been seen on LocoYard. Graham has an amazing collection of original Bulleids with 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co’ standing out for me Southern Railway, Fisherton Sarum, Canute Road Quay &…
The 19th and 20th September 2015 the Watercress Line are holding their open weekend. As well as running an intensive service of four trains (consisting of two steam hauled passenger, one steam hauled demonstration freight and one heritage diesel DEMU) the railway have opened up most of the works in Ropley. My task for the day…
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Chasewater Railway Industrial Gala September 2015
The above video has been published by Marsh Steam Videos, showing 46100 Royal Scot on her loaded test run on the Severn Valley Railway. This locomotive’s return to service has been highly anticipated and is sure to be a hit at the railway’s Autumn Steam Gala that commences tomorrow. The gala will also be featuring…
This is an interesting report on a very significant railway reopening!
The Swindon and Cricklade Railway have launched an appeal to secure the future of Spartan. Spartan is a Polish Tkh 0-6-0 tank engine built in 1953 by the Fablok Company in the town of Chzanov. Remarkably, 3135 Spartan is the first steam locomotive owned by the preserved railway, despite it being established in 1978. It moved to the…
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