I note the plaintive appeal from D Martin in Platform, issue 248, for the reincarnation of The Great Bear. This is not the first time this sentiment has been aired in the pages of Heritage
Read moreReasons why The Great Bear failed
Category: Letters
Norman Preedy: – a real character and a local legend
With reference to Geoff Courtney’s obituary of Norman Preedy in the last issue, may I add my thoughts on someone who was a great friend and a superb and enthusiastic railway photographer. Norman was a
Read moreCan we also save Midland Railway steam railmotor?
I have been reading, with interest, the article in Heritage Railway issue 248, about the restoration of the NER petrol-railcar at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It reminded me of the sad state
Read moreShould we re-create The Great Bear?
Over the past few years the Great Western Society has made great strides to close the missing gaps with the new build 4-6-0 Grange, 4-6-0 Saint and the 4-6-0 County and of course the 2-8-0
Read moreEardington is lighting the way
I am a volunteer lampman at Eardington station on the Severn Valley Railway, where we have set up a small lamp room dedicated to the repair, restoration and display of railway lamps from the pre-electric
Read moreGWR memories in a garage in the 1950s
The article by Geoff Courtney in issue 244 of nameplate Knight of the Thistle from GWR Star class No. 4012 coming up for auction reminded me that this was one of several nameplates hanging for
Read moreSafety and security must come first
During my two decades in railway journalism, conflicts between the requirements of rails and the ambitions of cyclepath promoters have often been vexed issues, the latest manifestation being the controversy over the use of the
Read moreSmell the coffee, ladies!
Just what world do the likes of Amber Rudd MP and Sally Ann Hart live in? For a council tourism chief to claim that extending the Kent & East Sussex Railway into Robertsbridge will have
Read moreA different train of thought
As president of the Halstead & District Local History Society, I would like to respond to Ian McKenzie’s strong criticism in last month’s issue of the wording ‘train station’ – rather than ‘railway station’ –
Read moreMidland 0-4-4T information required
I was given the enclosed postcard during my travels for work but regrettably cannot remember any detail. It is a Midland Railway 1262 class 0-4-4T built by Neilson in 1876 and withdrawn in 1927, but
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