Robin Jones

  • No. 828 arrives at Tunbridge Wells

    No. 828 arrives at Tunbridge Wells

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    As the Spa Valley Railway’s 2022 operating season gets underway, Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 No. 828 has arrived this morning at Tunbridge Wells – its furthest southern holiday since being built.

  • Steam trains are back in Minehead

    Steam trains are back in Minehead

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    Train travellers returned to Minehead at the weekend as the West Somerset Railway celebrated running passenger services for the first time in well over a year.

  • SVR is latest line to cancel wartime events

    SVR is latest line to cancel wartime events

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    The Severn Valley Railway has cancelled its two 1940s-themed weekends later this year in the light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

  • 60007 joins SVR’s gala line-up

    60007 joins SVR’s gala line-up

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    LNER Class A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley has been confirmed as the third guest locomotive at the Severn Valley Railway’s upcoming Spring Steam Gala.

  • Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

    Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

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    Over-running engineering works have seen a delay to the planned start of passenger services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

  • Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

    Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

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    The Ffestiniog Railway is famous as the only place in the world where the legendary double Fairlie articulated ‘back-to-back’ steam locomotives can be seen in action…

  • Watercress Line is ready to reopen for an exciting season

    Watercress Line is ready to reopen for an exciting season

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    Hampshire’s popular Watercress Line is getting back on track for an exciting season of events when it reopens this Saturday.

  • Behind the scenes at the SVR

    Behind the scenes at the SVR

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    National Lottery players are being given the chance of a rare glimpse behind the scenes at its Kidderminster Carriage & Wagon Department.

  • North Norfolk Railway looking forward to 2022 season

    North Norfolk Railway looking forward to 2022 season

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    More than 143,000 visitors travelled on the line during the North Norfolk Railway’s 2021/22 financial year.

  • Great Central Railway replaces Wartime Weekend with jubilee pageant

    Great Central Railway replaces Wartime Weekend with jubilee pageant

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    The Great Central Railway has called off its wartime event due to Ukraine crisis – but has replaced it with a jubilee celebration.

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