Last week, for my Birthday, I visited the Severn Valley Railway. I have wanted to go to the line for such a long time, and I was finally able to visit the line, which is noted to be one of the best and most popular in the country. I started my journey at Kidderminister, and was greeted…
The National Railway Museum is home to many significant locomotives and of course, not all of them are steam locomotives! It would be wrong to not include some of them in the series of blog posts that have been published in the past few weeks on the NRM! As ever I beg for forgiveness if…
One of the jewels in the crown of the magnificent National Collection is the only remaining LBSCR tender locomotive – 214 Gladstone.
The fate of this locomotive has always been a controversial one. Merchant Navy class 35029 Ellerman Lines was once one of the pride’s of the Southern Region’s steam locomotive fleet. Although it avoided death in a scrapyard, this locomotive did not survive another cutters torch completely and will never be steamed again. It now serves…
After seeing The Great Gathering at the National Railway Museum, York (click here to read more), what better way was there to continue the celebrations than going home with a bottle of Flying Scotsman and a bottle of Mallard Beer! So here is a vague attempt at a taste test, just in case any of…
Earlier today (18th June 2013), it was reported on the BBC’s news website that the proposed cuts to the Department of Culture Media and Sports would be softened considerably, to allow the Science Museum Group to keep open the three museums that were previously under threat due to the proposals first reported. This means a…
Earlier in the week the Director of The Science Museum, Ian Blatchford, announced that as well as cutting back the London museum; one of the satellite museums in York, Manchester or Bradford may have to close. This is a result of spending cuts of a further 10% after around 25% of cut-backs recently. As a…
At the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular 2012; the National Railway Museum’s Battle of Britain class 34051 Sir Winston Churchill was put on display at Alresford (click here to read more). Last Sunday; 34051 could be found at the railway again, this time in Ropley loco yard, outside the main works.
It was a visit to the Science Museum in London that sparked the quest to find the most famous steam locomotive (click here to read more). However despite that, there had yet to be a proper article on the three locomotives to be found there, so here (at last!) it is!
