Good evening, Whenever I get the chance to play with my models the one train I always run is my Hornby Lord of the Isles double heading with the Bachmann City of Truro. With both locomotives being in the GWR Indian Red livery it makes for a beautiful sight and was something seen quite often on…
Moving home continues for this author, but here’s another blog post looking at a star of the Kent and East Sussex Railway’s gala (click here for more), a USA dock tank. Charismatic and varied, the fleet of light steam engines working on the Kent and east Sussex railway gala had two locomotives that could be…
This is an excellent and fresh perspective on a very topical subject!
Originally posted on Shayne T Wright:
A kid shrieks from the rear of the car, “Train! A STEAM train!”. Do you remember the days when you were that kid? When did your wonderment of the world cease to be for you? Was it about the same time the stress of the world knocked heavily on…
Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Steam Locomotives of a More Leisurely Era 1930 – ‘Schools’ Class Southern Railway No.936 Cranleigh as running in 1936 Maunsell’s last design of express passenger engines and in many ways his finest achievement. The need had been felt for a locomotive with approximately the same haulage…
Fortunately, another quick break from moving home has allowed another blog post to be squeezed in! After looking at what is a common prototype (albeit a locomotive with a story to tell) in austerity saddle tank 23 Holman F Stephens (click here to read), today we look at something very unusual. It is was avery…
Below is a link to the brand new e-zine Issue 40, hosted at our new base of The Model Centre; http://www.themodelcentre.com/ukheritagehub As ever, this issue brings you all the latest news from around the country together with some spectacular special features.
After what seems forever we are back!!! On Wednesday morning I received a text from our project leader saying that Alrington had given us a couple of crane operators for the afternoon. Yes the day of the big lift has arrived. The beast upon my arrival.
Last weekend, the Asperger’s Flyer travelled to two heritage railways, a big undertaking for the charity and the first time that there had been two consecutive events at two different railways. Quite an achievement for the charity, which only started two years ago. On June 7th and 8th, The Aspergers Flyer made a victorious and…
Thanks to the joys of moving home, this blog has been in the very capable hands of Simon, Alex and Jonathan for the past couple of weeks. Today I have a rare respite to moving, allowing a brief chance to write a blog post before getting back to the stress of moving home! Today we (at long…
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