There’s no doubt that steam locomotives originating from different nations have big differences in style and design. British locomotives are relatively compact, especially compared with American steam engines. There were differences in style and engineering practice between nations, plus differences of loading gauge (the UK’s being very narrow) that also no doubt made a big difference to the…
Last Friday I published a little teaser that we would be featuring a few lines not covered before on LocoYard. As mentioned in the latest UK Heritage Hub ezine, this was due to a holiday in the north west of England. My wife and I were blessed by fantastic weather on our trip and the…
What an interesting day it was today! After an unplanned errand left me in Sussex late this morning, I was left at a lose end. Now for most people they would head back home, a mere 30 minutes away but instead I carried on in the other direction into the depths of Sussex countryside. A…
Today is the 77th birthday of the fastest steam engine run in preservation, LNER A4 pacific 4464 Bittern. Last year, the birthday girl was given special dispensation to run 3 railtours at 90mph to celebrate the 75th anniversary of 4468 Mallard’s 126mph speed record, as captured by the UK Heritage Hub video below.
The Watercress Festival in Alresford is one of those events that my wife and I try to put into the heritage railway diary. This is despite the fact that it’s not really a railway event as such, but an important one that the railway supports in a big way. The event is all about food…
Last October, regular contributor Nick Littlewood sent some fascinating pictures of Sheffield Victoria Station (click here to read more), the main station on the former Great Central Railway. They showed some of the last views of this station, giving us a unique look at the station. Fortunately for us he has very kindly found some…
Regular contributor Nick Littlewood has kindly sent some fascinating pictures of Sheffield Victoria Station. Sheffield Victoria was a main station on the former Great Central Railway. Opened 15 September 1851, the station took on great importance by the unique Woodhead Line that linked Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester. However, Beeching’s second report in 1965 recommended consolidation…
The King class of steam locomotive was the most powerful 4-6-0 type built in the UK. The type were built partly in response to to the Southern Railway’s Lord Nelson class that had previously taken away the GWR Castle class’ title of “most powerful express type”.
News from the Bulleid Society reveals that scenes such as those posted here have taken a step closer to being repeated. The boiler is to be removed from it’s frames and sent to Crewe for overhaul.
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…
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