Stanier ‘Princess Royal’ Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth is back and ready for a return to main line duties.
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The coaling plant story: Towers of Strength
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
Read more‘Jubilee’ and ‘2MT’ treble bring gala success to the KWVR
THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway witnessed a 20% year-on-year increase in visitor numbers to its Spring Steam Gala over the weekend of March 8-10, with almost 3,000 passengers travelling over the three days. There
Read moreFeature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer
No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.
Read moreLOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style
In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs
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