Heritage Railway

  • WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

    WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

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    A SMALL piece of mid-Wales made a big impression in the Far East on Saturday, December 8, when the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway signed a ‘sister railway’ co-operation agreement with the Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC). The signing ceremony was held in the city of Chiayi as part of the launch of TSC’s annual Sugar…

  • J21 restoration project makes January start for 2022 target

    J21 restoration project makes January start for 2022 target

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    NEARLY two years after announcing that it had secured Heritage Lottery Fund support to restore the now unique J21 0-6-0 No. 65033, its owners are finally beginning the work. Since receiving a £954,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant in March 2016, the Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust has been awaiting formal permission to start the restoration…

  • Bahamas and B12 set to draw crowds at Keighley’s March gala

    Bahamas and B12 set to draw crowds at Keighley’s March gala

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    THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway’s March 8-10 spring steam gala looks set to be a ‘must-attend’ event, with recently-overhauled LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas to be joined by LNER B12 4-6-0 No. 8572. Bahamas will be making its first gala appearance on a heritage line in more than 25 years, shortly after its…

  • Your Gallery | Mayflower in Preston

    Your Gallery | Mayflower in Preston

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    BR built Thompson B1 no 61306 Mayflower seen here at Preston

  • Your Gallery | 5199 and 41312 at Ropley

    Your Gallery | 5199 and 41312 at Ropley

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    Jim Carruthers has sent in great pictures of 5199 and 41312 at Ropley.

  • Your Gallery | 60163 ‘Tornado’

    Your Gallery | 60163 ‘Tornado’

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    Check out Roger’s pic of the 60163 ‘Tornado’.

  • Locomotive Performance | Then and Now

    Locomotive Performance | Then and Now

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    Don Benn describes the performance of Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line.

  • Heritage Railway | Issue 250

    Heritage Railway | Issue 250

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    Tornado Returns! 2019 Gala Guide! 150th Barry Rebuild! The special 250th issue of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot!

  • Great steam engineers of the nineteenth century: PART IIII

    Great steam engineers of the nineteenth century: PART IIII

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    Brian Sharpe outlines how the role of the chief mechanical engineer developed during the 1840s.

  • VIDEO: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

    VIDEO: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

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    Check out this exhilarating ride behind Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

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