This bank holiday weekend is an ideal time to visit a heritage railway. The weather forecast isn’t too positive, so why not sit back under the cover of a carriage and be hauled by a heritage locomotive? It’s what I shall be doing, of course! I’m planning on visiting the Kent and East Sussex Railway who are…
With Issue 39 a new era dawns for the UK Heritage Hub. Below is a link to the brand new e-zine Issue 39, 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.
As a reminder, this Saturday, May 24th is the visit of the Kirklees Light Railway, for the Asperger’s Fundraiser. This is the first event since the major reshuffle behind the scenes, which will hopefully make everything run
Good evening, Last year I visited Disneyland Paris for my daughters 4th birthday and came across the rather brilliant Disneyland Railroad. It’s a well-known fact that Walt Disney was a huge railway fan and was even building a model GWR King class (sadly he died before he could complete it). When he designed the original Disney…
Last week, the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry reported that they were stopping the steam service from the museum to former historic Liverpool Road Station, due to new plans that would sever it from the railway network. Bosses at the museum (MoSI) stated that they have agreed a secret deal with Network Rail to drop their…
Retired Engine Driver John Anthony has submitted another blog post, sharing more of his experience driving the record breaking 4468 Mallard. Without further ado, here is John’s second piece on this beautiful creature!
A trip to the Watercress Line is always well worth it and this visit was no exception! The railway has a large fleet of locomotives that is regularly supplemented by visitors. What made this visit particularly special was of course the Heritage DMU Thumper Unit 1125 (click here for more) celebrating ten years since withdrawal…
Steam railways can be found in all shapes and sizes, but this one is unique in the UK, I believe. Brambridge Garden Centre, Hampshire is home to the UK’s only 8 1/4 inch miniature railway. Services are hauled by a delightful tank engine named Carolyn that was built in 1924.
As I passed by on the Watercress Line’s Heritage DMU Thumper Unit 1125 (click here for more), I spied a visitor sitting in Ropley loco yard sitting next to a class 08 diesel shunter (click here for more), as can be seen in the picture above. The visitor was BR Standard class 7MT 70000 Britannia,…
We are approaching the season where up and down the country heritage railways will be hosting Second World War themed galas. These events come complete with tanks, planes and reenactors but for me something is always missing. For me when I think of a World War and the railway I think of these. An 18-inch…
Loco Yard 