Could the record-breaking success of the Fairbourne Railway’s Centenary of Steam Spring Bank Holiday gala weekend, which saw four of the line’s original 15in gauge engines return to the now-12¼in gauge outfit, pave the way
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Big American steam power in action is an increasingly rare spectacle on the main line in the 21st century. Dave Rodgers reports on the recent successful revival of one of the biggest US locomotives. Thunder
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The Fowler 4F 0-6-0 was a very basic but useful design of steam engine. J Crosse recounts the history of a surprisingly long-lived class. 50 YEARS ON: THE FOWLER 4F More than 40 years in
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In another occasional series of historical reviews of ‘Big Four’ locomotive engineers, Cedric Johns highlights the career of Frederick W Hawksworth, who succeeded Charles Collett in 1941… FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: FREDERICK W HAWKSWORTH GREAT
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The spring gala on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway over the weekend of May 14/15 saw the unprecedented sight of no less than three steam engines working on the one-time Southern Railway 2ft gauge line.
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Two passenger trains are seen at Statfold terminus with the train on the left headed by Sragi No. 1, (Krauss, Munich, No. 4045 of 1899), and Sragi No. 14 (Orenstein & Koppel No. 10750 of
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Bagnall 0-4-2T Isaac storms the last few yards to Woody Bay with a mixed train from Killington Lane. The spring gala on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway over the weekend of May 14/15 saw the
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The first photograph of the holidays as LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45593 Kolhapur storms out of Carlisle with the 12.09am to Leeds on Saturday July 2 1966. Fifty years ago, a remarkable variety of steam
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