The Railway Magazine
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Stephenson’s Rocket unveiled at National Railway Museum for 10-year stay
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The original 1829 steam locomotive Stephenson’s Rocket can be seen from today at the National Railway Museum’s new Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition.
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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios
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OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border checks have been consigned to the history books, and free movement has been the norm for the last two decades. …
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
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A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood in the open at the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) since 2003. The £200,000 refurbishment will see No. 1987 transformed into a new kitchen car for the KESR’s ‘Wealden Pullman’…
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Bundoran Junction station on the market for under £200k
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ONE of Northern Ireland’s best-known former stations has been put up for sale, opening up the opportunity to own a real piece of Irish railway history. Bundoran Junction, in Kilskeery, Co Tyrone, was a popular interchange on the Great Northern Railway’s (GNR(I)) Irish Northwest line between Enniskillen and Omagh. It was originally opened by the…
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Whitwell & Reepham ‘Thursday Gang’ nears end of Agecroft No. 3 restoration
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ROBERT Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST Agecroft No. 3 (7681/1951) is in the final stages of restoration at Whitwell & Reepham Station in Norfolk. The locomotive is one of a trio that worked at Agecroft power station, near Manchester, until September 1981, and has been the subject of a ‘nut-and-bolt’ restoration by three Whitwell volunteers known as…
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A1 trust takes delivery of first new components for ‘V4’ project
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THE first new components for the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s (A1SLT) third new-build locomotive – Gresley ‘V4’ 2-6-2 No. 3403 – have been delivered to Darlington Locomotive Works ahead of the project’s formal launch next year. The £4,320 order for 12 tender spring hooks was placed with Unilathe of Stoke-on-Trent as part of a larger order…
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Cheltenham ‘resplendent’ in BR lined green at Mid-Hants Railway
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‘SCHOOLS’ class 4-4-0 Cheltenham has emerged from the Mid-Hants Railway’s (MHR) Ropley workshops as No. 30925, resplendent in British Railways’ lined green. The repaint of the National Railway Museum locomotive was completed by Heritage Painting with assistance from MHR volunteers, transforming it from Southern Railway malachite green into the guise the loco carried during its final…
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Five things you might not know about King’s Cross station
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King’s Cross station’s historical and cultural fame have made this hub popular worldwide.
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UK Innovation Centre to be established for the world-wide rail industry
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A new UK-based Innovation Centre will transform how wheelsets and tracks are approached, developed and maintained in the rail industry.
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Rejuvenated NYMR Lambton Tank meets Peak Rail gala target
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FORMER Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson 0-6-2T No. 29 (4263/1904) managed to complete a short period of post-overhaul running-in at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at the end of July to ensure it was fit to attend Peak Rail’s Mixed Traffic Gala on August 10-11. The Lambton Locomotives Trust machine ran out of time…
