MK1

  • An Iconic Mark 1

    An Iconic Mark 1

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    Creating a business converting former BR Mark 1 coaches for residential and leisure purposes was always going to be a challenge, but Armin Obrecht has almost completed his first conversion. Andy Coward met the Iconic Railway Coaches founder to find out more.

  • Podcast: A taste of the Severn Valley on the footplate

    Podcast: A taste of the Severn Valley on the footplate

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    Gareth Evans recalls his half-day footplate experience course on the Severn Valley Railway.

  • 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.

  • First steam over Cawledge Viaduct in preservation era

    First steam over Cawledge Viaduct in preservation era

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    HISTORY was made at the Aln Valley Railway on March 15 when the first steam-hauled train of the preservation era worked across Cawledge Viaduct on the former Alnwick to Alnmouth branch. Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T Richboro (1243/1917) was given the honour of being the first locomotive to travel over the full length of the restored railway…

  • Swindon & Cricklade launches appeal to refurbish Mk.1 disabled coach Laura

    Swindon & Cricklade launches appeal to refurbish Mk.1 disabled coach Laura

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    THE Swindon & Cricklade Railway has launched an appeal for funds to renovate one of its most important and popular Mk.1 carriages. For many years, the line has run a modified 60ft carriage, built in Swindon Works, for disabled passengers and wheelchair users. It was named Laura at the request of the Hills Group, the…

  • Major improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption

    Major improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption

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    Network Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.

  • No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

    No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

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    The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was introduced in 1951. The Up and Down ‘Wessex’ was covered by two separate Bournemouth diagrams; originally light Pacifics were rostered. …

  • ‘071s’ take RPSI to the south-west for latest No. 134 fundraiser

    ‘071s’ take RPSI to the south-west for latest No. 134 fundraiser

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    HUNDREDS of passengers braved inclement conditions to join the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s (RPSI) ‘South Western Railtour’ from Dublin to Cork and Limerick on October 13. This was the latest of the society’s fundraising tours for the overhaul of Class 121 No. 134. The eight-coach set, featuring seven Cravens and a BR Mk1 ‘Gen Van’,…

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