Many of my older collection of photographs have featured on this website before, but visits to my childhood home often unveil new finds, some good, some not so! The picture featured in this blog post fits into the latter category, but is the only one I’ve found of a particular former locomotive of the Kent…
On Friday 4th September, I visited the North Norfolk Railway for its’ annual Autumn Steam Gala, and what an event. Before it had even started, on the Thursday, two locomotives had to be withdrawn for the event. Black 5 45337 had leaky tubes and SR West Country Class 34007 Wadebridge had been stuck on the…
This steam locomotive is one of the few in the UK that can honestly say it’s run past Hell on a regular basis during its career. This is no joke, although “Hell” in this case is the name of a village in Norway. No 376, aptly named Norwegian, has featured on this blog frequently over the years…
Some great shots of the Jacobite service, I really want to do this trip one day Lucy's Walk Around Britain Friday 28 August 2015 Trains from Glasgow to MallaigKnoydart Ferry Office I was up early after a comfortable night on Maggie’s sofa. Due to a technical hitch with the shower I had my first bath…
The number of decent un-doctored images out in the World Wide Web are probably far and few between. Most of the images found on this website would have had a few adjustments after a photograph was taken – most commonly a crop and/or a slight rotation. Minor adjustments to brightness and contrast are also made from time to…
The Spa Valley Railway boasts something that is a little unusual – an original engine shed. Indeed it is the only original LB&SCR steam shed still in operation. Some of the locomotives based on the railway proudly wear their 75F shed code, as can be seen on the front of the class 33 pictured above.
https://www.change.org/p/derbyshire-county-council-re-open-the-railway-line-between-matlock-bakewell-and-buxton-c7876dc4-e40f-4d4d-8622-bd9570910655 A petition has been started to re-open the railway line between Matlock, Bakewell, Buxton and Manchester. Writing to the Transport Minister Patrick Mcloughlin, it states that there would be an economic boost to the era, and would remove vehicles from the road. On the Change.Org page it states; “A feasibility study was carried out in…
Good evening, Tonight we have something rather special in the form of the UK Heritage Hubs Project 28. In a small shed, in the corner of Stewarts Lane depot, near Battersea, a steam locomotive, built in the 1940s, is being brought to life for it’s final main line railtour. Southern Railway Merchant Navy class no.35028…
A new potash mine is to open near Sneaton, which in itself is quite remarkable, being the first to open for forty years. As part of the new development, Sirius Minerals are required to pay significant developer contributions to mitigate the transport impacts of the new site. This will provide a very useful £4.5 million…
Last week, for my Birthday, I visited the Severn Valley Railway. I have wanted to go to the line for such a long time, and I was finally able to visit the line, which is noted to be one of the best and most popular in the country. I started my journey at Kidderminister, and was greeted…
Loco Yard 