News

Twenty years of the Elsecar Heritage Railway

by

Sam Hewitt

–

25th August 2016

The Elsecar Heritage Railway is one of Britain’s smaller standard gauge heritage lines, but as Mark Smithers reports, the only preserved railway in South Yorkshire potentially has an exciting future ahead of it. The history of the line goes back to the year 1850 when a single-track mineral branch was opened from Elsecar Junction, near…
Continue reading »
The Haltwhistle to Alston Railway

by

Sam Hewitt

–

25th August 2016

Forty years ago the last surviving rural passenger branch line in Northumberland closed. This was the Haltwhistle to Alston Railway, which although earmarked for closure as part of the Beeching cuts in 1963, miraculously survived up until May 1, 1976. Trevor Gregg looks back at the history of the railway and its route through the…
Continue reading »
James Spooner: The Ffestiniog’s next double Fairlie

by

Sam Hewitt

–

25th August 2016

The history of the double Fairlies is complicated. Allan George unravels the story and explains why the Ffestiniog Railway is building another one at Boston Lodge. One of the most successful tourist railways in the world, the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland, is to build a new double Fairlie locomotive, continuing the company’s pioneering spirit. Throughout…
Continue reading »
50 YEARS ON: The end of the A4 Pacifics… NOT!

by

Sam Hewitt

–

25th August 2016

September 5, 2016 celebrates half a century since the final workings of the streamlined A4 Pacifics in BR service. Fred Kerr recalls the last fortnight of their Scottish operations – and notes how the future was not as bad as many feared. As a child in post-war Edinburgh my memories veered between the Caledonian hooters of…
Continue reading »
Going forward from Cromer

by

Sam Hewitt

–

25th August 2016

August 10 saw the heritage railway sector expand its ‘territory’ still further, with the running of the first North Norfolk Railway dining train from Sheringham over Network Rail’s Bittern Line to Cromer. If you take into account the mountain of red tape that the heritage line’s directors had to cut through just to get the…
Continue reading »
Two listed historical items pulled from railwayana sale

by

–

9th August 2016

The late withdrawal of items from railwayana auctions is not unusual, as illustrated by the recent decision to pull an original Flying Scotsman nameplate from a Bonhams’ sale in central London. That decision followed a campaign by one of the LNER Pacific’s former owners, Sir William McAlpine, to remove it from the sale in the…
Continue reading »
Newstead sees the light after 30 years

by

–

14th July 2016

Hunslet 16in 0-6-0ST No. 1589 of 1924 Newstead has appeared in public view for the first time in more than three decades, after being thought lost to the heritage sector. Newstead sees the light after 30 years Malcolm Saul’s widow Jane with Hunslet 0-6-0ST Newstead at Wansford on April 23. She said: The locomotive was…
Continue reading »
Will window planning refusal save Wolverton Works?

by

–

14th July 2016

COULD a decision to refuse planning permission to change six windows in Wolverton’s historic workshops signal an end to the threat to demolish it? Will window planning refusal save Wolverton Works? A Mk.1 carriage inside Wolverton Works on April 20. PHIL MARSH The future of the works, operating continuously since 1838, has been mired in…
Continue reading »
Electric stock scrap fears after order to quit

by

–

14th July 2016

AN electric preservation group, which can run its stock without the need for a lineside pick-up, has been ordered to quit its long-time East Kent Railway home. Electric stock scrap fears after order to quit One of the EPB Preservation Group’s vehicles at Southall following restoration. BOB BAINES The EPB Preservation Group, which has been…
Continue reading »
Flying Scotsman comeback helps museum visits soar

by

–

14th July 2016

THE return of Flying Scotsman has helped boost visitor numbers at the National Railway Museum. Flying Scotsman comeback helps museum visits soar Explainer Chris Walker prepares to welcome visitors on to Flying Scotsman’s cab in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum. NRM The York venue saw a 3.1% rise in visitors over the…
Continue reading »

News

Latest Issue

Free Digital Issue

Search

Tags