Web Editor

  • The Welsh Marches Express

    The Welsh Marches Express

    by

    Saturday 13th May 2006 – This was the day of the 2006 FA Cup Final in Cardiff and, with football fans converging on the Welsh capital from Liverpool and London, the Central Wales Explorer had been postponed to later in the year. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our…

    Continue reading »

  • The Bristolian

    The Bristolian

    by

    Saturday 24th June 2006- The Bristolian from Ashford to Bristol was hauled by number 6024 King Edward I from Willesden via Newbury over the Berks. & Hants. line on its outward journey. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.  

    Continue reading »

  • The Brunel Anniversary Ltd.

    The Brunel Anniversary Ltd.

    by

    Saturday 8st April 2006 – As part of the Brunel Anniversary celebrations held around Bristol, number 6024 King Edward I headed two railtours over the weekend of 8th & 9th April. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.

    Continue reading »

  • LYD at Woody Bay 2010

    LYD at Woody Bay 2010

    by

    Heritage Railway: LYD at Woody Bay 2010 Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.

    Continue reading »

  • Steaming back to Cauldon Lowe

    Steaming back to Cauldon Lowe

    by

    Crowds poured into the Staffordshire Moorlands over the weekend of 13/14 November a few years ago for the first of three gala events to mark the return of traffic to the long-mothballed Cauldon Lowe branch. In what may be considered a ‘first’ for preservation, the new company which now controls the branch ‘hired’ the adjacent…

    Continue reading »

  • Outrage after tear gas used on steam train protestors

    Outrage after tear gas used on steam train protestors

    by

    AN internet video showing police firing tear gas on elderly and middle-aged protestors making a peaceful sit-in demonstration in front of a steam train has sparked outrage across Europe. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.  

    Continue reading »

  • GWR Railmotor No 93

    GWR Railmotor No 93

    by

    The world’s sole surviving operational steam railmotor is now up and running. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below. GWR railmotor No 93 was unveiled to members of owning group the Great Western Society on the Llangollen Railway on 21 March. Restored to as-built 1908 condition…

    Continue reading »

  • Dominion of New Zealand is here

    Dominion of New Zealand is here

    by

    A blast from the past: long-scrapped A4 Pacific No 4492 Dominion of New Zealand has returned – and is seen speeding through Tallington crossing on the East Coast Main Line on 16 April with the first leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britiain IV’ marathon eight-day trip to Scotland…. Comment on our videos: register…

    Continue reading »

  • Heritage Railway: Unveiling of the Flying Scotsman

    Heritage Railway: Unveiling of the Flying Scotsman

    by

    The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive has gone on show in at the National Rail Museum in York after a five year overhaul. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.  

    Continue reading »

  • Steam GWR Railmotor No. 93 officially launched into traffic at Didcot

    Steam GWR Railmotor No. 93 officially launched into traffic at Didcot

    by

    Following a 13 year restoration, involving the manufacture of a new vertical boiler and power bogie, GWR steam railmotor No. 93 was officially launched back into traffic at Didcot Railway Centre on May 28. Comment on our videos: register or login to add your comments to our video features below.  

    Continue reading »