Today the Heritage Lottery Fund announced that the Mid Hants Railways “Canadian Pacific – engineering a future from the past” bid has been successful in its application for funding. The project to overhaul the railway’s flagship steam engine Merchant Navy class No. 35005 ‘Canadian Pacific’ and restore two wooden framed Bulleid carriages will provide employment…
After visiting the Bluebell Railway on Sunday, I thought it would be a good time to post a quick update from Sheffield Park works. We begin with a brief look of recently overhauled Maunsell Q class 30541, sporting (for the first time in preservation) a British Railways late crest, as pictured above. I was…
What a fantastic story!
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time of working a southern stranger on the hills of the Settle and Carlisle Railway.
What an interesting day it was today! After an unplanned errand left me in Sussex late this morning, I was left at a lose end. Now for most people they would head back home, a mere 30 minutes away but instead I carried on in the other direction into the depths of Sussex countryside. A…
The Swanage Railway will be hosting two big events in the next couple of months, namely their steam gala from Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April, 2015 and their Diesel Gala from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 May, 2015. Both events are shaping up nicely.
Originally posted on Calling All Stations:
Every modeller no doubt has a ‘wish list’ of locos he or she wants to buy. Usually they are very long wish lists and of course I am no different. Every model I have reviewed thus far had previously featured on my list of desirables. Today, however, something different… Something of…
As reported earlier in the week, tomorrow is the first day of the Severn Valley Railway’s 50 anniversary steam gala. To mark the occasion, here are a few photographs that were taken in the 1990’s by the late Basil Roberts. I have been fortunate to have recently purchased these pictures and hope Basil Roberts…
Good evening, A few weeks ago Dave wrote a brilliant post on Authenticity within in the railway heritage world (which can be found here) which inspired me on 2 projects featuring Canadian Pacific (bet you’re all surprised about that!) The first of these projects being to track down Canadian Pacific’s original nameplates. As many people know;…
Tonight we have another story from retired Engine Driver John Anthony, this time of working a badly behaving 4P Compound in the dark…
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