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  • Didcot formally launches ‘Saint’ Lady of Legend

    Didcot formally launches ‘Saint’ Lady of Legend

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    THE Great Western Society (GWS) marked the completion of its re-created Churchward ‘Saint’ in early April with a series of special commemorative events at Didcot Railway Centre. Supporters of the project were invited to a preview day on April 3 to see No. 2999 Lady of Legend in steam, with the opportunity to become among…

  • 6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

    6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

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    COLLETT ‘64XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 6412 will return to the railway it called home for 33 years next month when it takes part in the West Somerset Railway’s anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event will celebrate 40 years since trains started running to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and aims to capture some of the…

  • South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered

    South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered

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    THE reopening of the Ashburton branch as the Dart Valley Railway in 1969 was commemorated during early April with a nine-day Golden Anniversary gala at the South Devon Railway (SDR). A combination of historic re-enactments and themed operating days, coupled with a cast of visiting and resident locomotives, provided a wealth of variety to the…

  • A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’

    A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’

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    THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) is making headway with preparations to launch its project to build new Gresley class ‘V4’ No. 3403 in the spring of 2020. The trust has also revealed some of the improvements it will incorporate into the design, based on 10 years’ operation of ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado. The design will largely…

  • Obituary: John Ransom (September 24, 1935-  March 27, 2019)

    Obituary: John Ransom (September 24, 1935- March 27, 2019)

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    PHILIP John Greer Ransom was born in Northamptonshire. As a child he loved his Dartmoor pony and also cycled to watch the trains on the West Coast Main Line.  He developed a passion for steam power and canals, which continued into his late teens when the family moved to North Wales. While in his twenties,…

  • India used baskets to coal locos

    India used baskets to coal locos

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    THE interesting article on coaling towers opened with “In the beginning, the fuelling of steam was a simple affair. One or two men with shovels etc”. In India this continued until the end of steam in 1995.  The photo attached shows four men and their wicker baskets, adding coal to a ‘YG’ class at Darbanga…

  • Your Gallery | Bahamas Railtour II

    Your Gallery | Bahamas Railtour II

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    At Selside, with quite a strong wind blowing the exhaust, and at Gargrave crossing the river Aire, sent in by Pam Whitehead.

  • Vandals hit West Somerset Railway

    Vandals hit West Somerset Railway

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    Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.

  • Your Gallery | Union of South Africa

    Your Gallery | Union of South Africa

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    Brian Newton sent in this photo of A4 Pacific No. 60009 “Union of South Africa”.

  • Your Gallery | Jubilee 45690 at Ribblehead

    Your Gallery | Jubilee 45690 at Ribblehead

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    Jubilee 45690 “Leander” coasts across the viaduct at Ribblehead.

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