SRPS Railtours is organising steam specials on each Sunday in August 2019.
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Category: Steam
No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development
No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio built for the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for its
Read moreFfestiniog Travel: Go east for an Asian Rail Adventure
INTEREST in rail tours to far-flung places continues to be popular as train travel offers the means to see as much of a country as possible in the timeframe of a holiday. Specialist rail tour
Read moreCorwen opening on target as Llangollen fills embankment ‘Gap’ to complete trackbed
THE Llangollen Railway is another step closer having trains able to run into its new Corwen Central station following the filling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment immediately east of the station site. After six
Read more‘Q6’ becomes ‘T2’ after North Eastern identity is restored
THE North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) relaunched its Raven ‘Q6’ 0-8-0 No. 63395 on May 1 as North Eastern Railway ‘T2’ No. 2238 – all part of the locomotive’s centenary year commemorations. The transformation has included
Read moreBahamas and Rocket take centre stage at open weekend
STANIER ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will be returning to the Midlands this month as the star exhibit at the Tyseley Locomotive Works/Vintage Trains open weekend on June 22-23. No. 45596 made its public debut at the
Read moreMid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines
URIE Locomotive Society-owned ‘S15’ No. 506 has steamed at the Mid-Hants Railway ahead of an imminent return to service. The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 last ran in 2001, and since then has received extensive boiler repairs along with
Read moreTyseley to launch project to complete ‘Bloomer’ replica
TYSELEY Locomotive Works, together with Vintage Trains (VT), will use this month’s open weekend as a platform to launch a new project to complete its London & North Western Railway (LNWR) ‘Bloomer’ 2-2-2 No. 670. Work
Read moreIsle of Wight-style bunker for KESR ‘Terrier’ No. 2678
Kent & East Sussex Railway-based ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. 32678 will receive the larger Isle-of Wight-type bunker.
Read moreWest Somerset gets triple ‘Manors’ as Raveningham Hall heads to Severn Valley Railway
The West Somerset Railway’s Minehead shed will offer a flavour of Machynlleth or Aberystwyth in 1950s this summer.
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