A Sleepy Saturday At Havenstreet

On a visit to the Isle of Wight last Saturday, I briefly stopped at Havenstreet on the Steam Railway.

Christmas on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

We continue looking at Christmas Steam, but this time look at a very wet Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight. War Department Hunslet Austerity WD198 Royal Engineer was in charge of services (above). Although a Santa Special, Santa was not to be found on

LBSCR E1 Class at Havenstreet

Many of you may have found through reading in the press that the only surviving LBSCR E1 class has moved from

Havenstreet

As promised in the previous article on the Isle of Wight steam railway, we take a closer look at Havenstreet, the headquarters of the railway. Most people join the train at Havenstreet and it has a large car park. It isn’t the terminus of the railway however and the train will travel to Wootton, return…