Roger Smith We are back after a quick rest and various illnesses, so it is quite appropriate that today’s first photo features Canadian Pacific getting some TLC. The blue-liveried Southern Region Merchant Navy was being maintained in the carriage sidings at Gloucester Central in 1994 as she prepares for the return leg of her railtour from…
Hello Welcome to this mini series looking at Merchant Navy class locomotive Canadian Pacific. My recent blogs posting about her stripping down for costing and parts inspection has proved very popular and have taken the decision to write a mini series looking at her history. The first post will look at her life with spam…
Today’s special Valentines Day post features both mine and LocoYard’s flagship and most loved locomotives hauling some rather speical trains. First we have LocoYard’s 850 Lord Nelson hauling a rake of Pullman coaches on a speical Valentine’s Day Luncheon special.
Hey everyone. Whilst reading reading a book called “The Railway Journeys of my Childhood” by Brigadier John Faviel I noticed a reference to a sighting of a rather special train. The train entering the Clapham cutting drawn by Brigadier John Faviel
On Friday Bachmann have released details of 3 new train gifts pack and 4 trains they will be releasing in 2014. The gift packs have been designed to evoke the nostalgia of Britain’s historic railways. Like the Hornby train packs they feature certificates and exclusive products, these packs make wonderful gifts for the seasoned collector or…
A newly built 3050 Royal Sovereign Photo source: Wikipedia The Dean Single was a passenger steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899 under the direction of GWR’s chief mechanical engineer William Dean. The locomotive class was known by many different names such as 3031 Class or Achilles class, both named…
We start this diary entry with this lovely photo of 35005 by Alex ‘Mac’ McClymont. It shows Canadian Pacific in her rebuilt condition languishing in the sunshine on an Eastleigh open day in the early 1960s. She looks stunning and so she should, having not long been in her rebuilt condition. It’s great to know…
Image Owned by Alre Images http://www.flickr.com/photos/arleimages/5839535798/in/set-72157626851826181 We are back!! I am starting this blog with something rather special as I have been kindly allowed by Steve of Alre Images to post a couple of photos of Canadian Pacific (CP). In the first photo we have her leaving Portsmouth in 2003 which is appealing for me…
Canadian Pacific standing in Eastleigh Works This part two in my series of blog posts that you can keep track of in a new dedicated web page (click here to view). It’s been two weeks since I was last able to work on 35005 Canadian Pacific due to my daughter’s birthday and work commitments but…
LocoYard has very kindly given me access to this blog to do blog posts on the various things I am up to. So today being the 75th anniversary of the Mallards speed record for steam of 125.88mph I thought it would be appropriate to get my Hornby Mallard to take on the Brookes Castle Power…
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