A highlight of our holiday in Devon was a ride in the Devon Belle observation car (click here to read all about it.) However, we did see a little more of the line whilst waiting at stations and on the return trip. Bellow is a gallery of the remainder of this delightful trip on this…
With the exception of the picture at the top of this blog post, every picture you will see here was taken from the “Devon Belle” Pullman observation car on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway (PDSR) . The carriage is one of two that ran on the Southern Railway’s Devon Belle express from London Waterloo…
If you ask a railway enthusiast to name a great locomotive works, you could get many replies. Doncaster, Derby, Swindon, Crewe, Eastleigh, St Rollox, Darlington, Brighton… a list could on and on. But these days things are different, most of the former works have declined, disappeared or evolved into a new use. However, there are…
For those of you who have followed this blog for some time, it will probably come as no surprise that this year’s summer holiday destination was Devon! This is a reason why blog posts have not been quite as plentiful as usual, as I have been far away from locoyard HQ (well a lot further…
Here is the latest UK Heritage Hub Magazine! Below is a link to the brand new e-zine Issue 42, hosted at our 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.
No visit to the Bluebell Railway is complete without a peak inside the engine shed, which is home to the largest collection of locomotives of (UK) Southern origin. The Bluebell Line has another remarkable claim to fame to add to this – it has the largest collection of BR Standard Classes. Indeed, this collection is…
This beautifully finished locomotive is no stranger to this blog! All being well, the links to blog posts featuring this locomotive will appear automatically at the bottom of this post. 592 was built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) in 1902 at Longhedge Works to a design by Chief Mechanical Engineer Harry Wainwright. …
56xx 5643 was one of three locomotives in steam on the day I visited the Bluebell Line (click here to read more). The others being SECR H class 263 and SECR C class 592. The locomotive is on loan to the Bluebell Line from the Furness Rail Trust until December 2014.
This video shows Steam in the South of England during the first few months of 2014. Many highlights have been picked out for this video from the first half of this year, so sit back and enjoy! February 8th – 35028 ‘Clan Line’ chatters through Chilworth with the ‘British Pullman’ March 1st – 44932 heads…
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…
Loco Yard 