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  • Pathfinder returning English Electric classics to old haunts

    Pathfinder returning English Electric classics to old haunts

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    FANS of English Electric traction will have the opportunity to relive past glories over the coming months with Pathfinder Tours. March 23 sees Class 50s return to the West of England to mark 25 years since their final run under British Rail. The ’50 Terminator-Phoenixed’ is an epic day out, starting from London Paddington at…

  • Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

    Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

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    THE railway industry paid tribute to one of its leading figures of the past few decades on January 11 when No. 60103 Flying Scotsman hauled a special train from King’s Cross to York. ‘The Scotsman’s Salute’ ran as a memorial to Sir William McAlpine, who passed away in March 2018, and carried members of his family,…

  • Your Gallery | Black 5 at Billington

    Your Gallery | Black 5 at Billington

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    Black Five No. 45231 “Sherwood Forester” is pictured at Billington.

  • Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Appleby

    Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Appleby

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    45596 Bahamas steaming south at Appleby station.

  • Your Gallery | 60009 Union of South Africa

    Your Gallery | 60009 Union of South Africa

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    A4 Pacific No.60009 Union of South Africa, passes through Swindon.

  • Chinnor’s Class 31 takes Railway Technical Centre livery ahead of diesel gala

    Chinnor’s Class 31 takes Railway Technical Centre livery ahead of diesel gala

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    The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway’s Class 31 D5581 (31163, 97205) has been repainted.

  • Long-delayed ‘Oz Flying Scotsman’ restoration: still no completion date

    Long-delayed ‘Oz Flying Scotsman’ restoration: still no completion date

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    The £1¼ million overhaul that initially expected to be completed in 2011.

  • Six GCR ‘Windcutter’ wagons now at Blaenavon

    Six GCR ‘Windcutter’ wagons now at Blaenavon

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    A RAKE of six BR 16T ‘Windcutter’ mineral wagons, borrowed from the Great Central Railway on a 10-year loan, will be first run in public by custodian the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway at its May 26-27 ‘Coal Train Weekend.’ The wagons have moved to Blaenavon on an initial 10-year loan (HR 249), with a subsequent…

  • Catch scheduled Polish steam while you still can

    Catch scheduled Polish steam while you still can

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    THIS year is likely to be the last featuring a full scheduled steam service in Poland. The services from Wolsztyn to Poznan and Leszno are said to be the last ‘real’ timetabled steam services in the world but government financial cutbacks mean that in 2020 a limited scheduled service is the most likely option. Meanwhile,…

  • Government’s £94K grant boosts early rail heritage

    Government’s £94K grant boosts early rail heritage

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    EARLY railways are to take a new centre stage at Tyneside’s Stephenson Railway Museum thanks to a £94,500 Government grant. The windfall from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund will help finance the North Shields museum’s Pioneers from the Dawn of Railways project. The funding will see…

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