The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust will complete the construction of new-build No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior at its Butterley base.
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Standard fayre at Poynton
MOST of the Big Four’s flagship express locomotives were handsome beasts.
Read moreHeadboard memories for trainspotters of a certain age
Two headboards will bring back memories for we trainspotters.
Read moreBahamas makes a triumphant return
February 9 and 16 were landmark days for the Bahamas Locomotive Society.
Read more‘Wish-list’ acquisitions boost for Cumbrian railway museum
By Geoff Courtney THE owner of one of the country’s newest regional railway museums is celebrating the acquisition of two local railwayana items that have been on his wish-list for many years but had come
Read moreIt’s high fives as GW Railwayana lives up to its name
With a selection of five GWR nameplates, supported by six GWR cabsides and five smokebox numberplates from named locomotives, GW Railwayana will be living up to its name at its March 16 auction, although both
Read moreSteam at St Margarets in the Fifties
In issue 249, I enjoyed Gavin Morrison’s retro look at Holbeck shed’s last years of service in the 1960s. My memories of this atmospheric Midland Railway ‘Cathedral of Steam’ are from a decade or so
Read moreArctic blasts cannot halt GC gala action!
THE Great Central Railway’s winter steam gala has for many years built up an enviable reputation for being the ‘first big event’ of the heritage calendar. The sector traditionally follows the example set by nature
Read moreNew company formed to restore ‘forgotten’ Barry Standard 4MT
A NEW company has been formed to overhaul and ultimately operate the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway-based BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76077. Considered for a long time to be one of the ‘lost’ ex-Barry locomotives since
Read moreProject to re-create a D16/1 LMS 10000 after national appeal
No. 10000 was one of a pair of locomotives designed and built by the LMS and English Electric.
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