35006 One Step Closer

Good evening, It wont be a big surprise to regular readers that my latest post is about a Merchant Navy class locomotive but unlike most of them this isn’t about 35005 Canadian Pacific but rather her younger sister 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co. The project team were pleased to announce that on Wednesday 11th March, P&O passed…

Help A Foxy Lady?

Hopefully the title of this blog post isn’t too misleading… The foxy lady in today’s blog post is a steam engine – British Railways built Collett Manor class 7822 Foxcote Manor.  Yes as usual, the subject matter is hot and steamy!  Although in this case, the problem is that this star of the Llangollen railway…

North Norfolk Railway Spring Steam Gala 2015

 The North Norfolk Railway’s annual steam gala was held on the weekend of the 6th to the 8th March, and what a spectacular weekend it was. The visitors were LNER Class D49 Morayshire, which was visiting from Scotland, a 4-4-0 locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley, courtesy of the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish Railway…

Another MHR steam gala blogger!

925 “Cheltenham” rests at Alresford awaiting her next duties. As you are no doubt now aware by now, a little while ago now (been rather busy since!) three locoyard bloggers assembled together for the MHR Spring (!?) Steam Gala. As a first time visitor to the railway it was great to be shown round by…