A FAREWELL mainline trip for Hawskworth 0-6-0PT No. 9466 will act as the memorial train for its late owner Dennis Howells, but also act as a charity fundraiser. Mr Howells died on August 18. The
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LONDON’S £16bn Crossrail project to build a railway under central London will now not open until the Autumn of 2019. It could be even delayed further. The ambitious project that will connect Reading, Maidenhead and
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What will be the biggest gathering ever of Class 50s in preservation is starting to take shape, and quickly becoming the must-visit event of 2018. The Class 50 Alliance has confirmed the latest additions to
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THE North Norfolk Railway’s mixed traffic gala from June 15-17 will feature a visit from ‘Warship’ No. D832 Onslaught. Organisers of this popular ‘Poppy Line’ event have had to work around the non-availability of both
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GREATER Anglia (GA) has shown the trade press the first bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) which is being built by Stadler in Switzerland. When Abellio won the re-tendered franchise which will run from October 2016 to
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THE Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway reconnected Toddington with Broadway on Good Friday, March 30, completing a long standing aim to take steam trains back to the popular Cotswold tourist spot after a gap of 58 years.
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A PAIR of Class 55 ‘Deltic’ locomotives, Nos. 55022 Royal Scots Grey and D9016 Gordon Highlander, put up for sale last month by businessman owner Martin Walker have been bought by a company called Locomotive
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The Railway Children charity is holding a fundraising book launch event at the iconic House of Vans venue in London’s Waterloo on Monday 27th November. Writer and author Christian Woolmar will be promoting his new
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THE Penrhyn Quarry Railway (PQR) unexpectedly closed in mid-July. Initial (unofficial) reports emerged suggesting the site was in the process of being vacated with the stock to be dispersed to other heritage locations, followed by
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THE discovery of deliberate act of vandalism to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR’s) historic teak carriages overnight on July 23 has been described as ‘heartbreaking’. An set of eight LNER carriages, which are owned and
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