Sam Hewitt

The collection and the achievements of the Vintage Carriages Trust are explored by Rodney Towers on a visit to Ingrow as host the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary in style. Today it is the Vintage Carriages Trust that owns and operates a rather special museum at Ingrow in the Worth Valley…

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By Cedric Johns News that West Coast has been using Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No. 35018 British India Line over the Settle & Carlisle route to avoid taking water at Appleby appears to be something of a storm in – or over – a water column. The column, originally funded locally, is now being leased by…

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By Hugh Dougherty THE historic southern aspect of Glasgow’s Queen Street station roof arch is on view again for the first time in over 50 years, as demolition of Consort House, once the headquarters of Strathclyde Passenger Transport, goes on as part of the station’s £100 million makeover. The cast-iron roof was designed by the…

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TALYLLYN Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 Sir Haydn returned to passenger service on May 14, the 67th anniversary of the line becoming the world’s first preserved line. No. 3 was built at Henry Hughes’ Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works at Loughborough in 1878 and has been out of service since 2012, and from 2015 has been…

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TWO significant centenaries and a railway birthday will be at the centre of the Severn Valley Railway’s June 2-3 goods gala. The event will see up to two goods trains in operation alongside passenger services each day, showcasing the changing face of freight traffic from the 20th century through to the modern day. Visitors will…

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By Geoff Courtney An enthusiast’s novel protest that involved him running a home-made steam-powered trolley on a world-famous heritage line has reignited a fierce debate about the future of the route, which was operated by British-built steam locomotives for much of its service and subsequent heritage life until its closure nearly a decade ago. Andries…

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By Roger Melton NORTH Yorkshire Moors Railway members have expressed disappointment at ‘lenient’ sentences handed out to eight teenagers who trashed carriages on a historic train and caused £27,000 damage. The group broke into carriages on one of the railway’s 1930s Gresley teak set trains stationed at Pickering station on July 23 last year. Every…

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