The Bluebell Railway has an incredible collection of rolling stock, some of which have featured previously on this blog (click here.) The railway has long striven to put this unique collection under cover and now have an opportunity to raise funds to put up to 20 historic carriages under a roof. Thanks to some generous…
After a few days with posts featuring real life locomotives we are back to looking at some of the model layouts of Fareham RailEx. Hayling Island As long term readers of the blog know, I am a big fan of the old Hayling Island Billy Line (here’s my UK Heritage Hub article on the line…
Trawling the worldwide web regarding Trawsfynydd and the Branch to Bala, has revealed some interesting snippets of information. One of which is this below found at http://www.penmorfa.com/Conwy/nine.htm Written by an Eddie Bellass, regarding a rather interesting journey from Blaenau to Bala, in September 1959. My 7 months pregnant wife and I were waiting to catch the…
Building a new model railway is a process which can be approached in different ways. For many it can be quite an organic process that begins with receiving a train set as a prezzie and evolves to end with a layout of considerable quality. However, for those of you who like me are juggling multiple…
Being a fan of the old Southern Railway, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway has always been a line that has caught my attention in books and in the media. The Southern Railway’s history is largely a progressive one – a tale of early electrification and suburbanisation. The thought of this company owning and running a…
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala for 2014 would have a Western theme, and brought in three Great Western Railway locomotives to run alongside it’s resident locomotives. Between the 26th and 28th September, 5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ and 28xx class 2807 made several trips from Grosmont to Pickering, with 15xx class 1501 being a…
Whilst traveling with my wife and friends on our way for a couple of nights in north Devon last weekend, we had a brief (35 minutes to be exact) moment to stop en-route at the delightfully quaint station at Stogumber on the West Somerset Railway. The line was in the midst of it’s Autumn steam…
Originally posted on Bristol Harbour Railway Blog:
Plenty of action on the dockside. 3 cranes in operation, along with the electric capstan shunting wagons for the first time in preservation. Actors from Show of Strength Theatre Company in character, loading demos, the Bristol Lorry, Portbury in Steam, and rides on tugboat John King to boot!…
Good evening, Today we are looking at some more of the great layouts that were on show at the Fareham MRC Railex show last weekend. Abbostone Up first we have Abbostone an O Gauge finescale layout built by the Winchester Railway Modellers. Abbotstone represents a Midland Railway through station on the route from the midlands…
Good evening, The West Somerset Railway marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of Taunton’s steam locomotive shed during its Autumn Steam Gala this weekend. A line-up of ‘guest’ engines has been hired for the event, including the Manor Class 7820 Dinmore Manor. Some of the WSR-based ‘residents’ will also assume the identities of long-vanished…
Loco Yard 