Outside-cylindered Hawksworth pannier No. 1501 is making its first visit to the South Devon Railway.
Read more1501 and Barclay heading to west country for golden celebration gala
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Wales, wind and the Western dominate SVR’s spring gala
THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR)season-opening Spring Steam Gala took place over the three days of March 15-17 It brought together a variety of tank engines of predominantly, but not exclusively, GWR origin with links to
Read moreRetaining heritage skills for the future
We talk to 21-year-old Bradley Windridge about his experiences as a heritage signal maintenance technician.
Read moreClass 50s unveiled in GB Railfreight livery
THE close and growing relationship between the Class 50 Alliance and GB Railfreight has been underlined with the repainting of two of the former’s locomotives in GB colours as part of an on-going hire agreement.
Read more‘Peak’ No. 46010 restoration completed
CLASS 46 No. 46010 has been overhauled at GCR(N) Ruddington under contract by ‘Peak’ experts, the Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group. It is owned by D05 Preservation Ltd and will make its debut at the Severn Valley
Read moreSevern Valley Railway pannier sees red
The ‘57XX’ is being prepared for a re-paint into LT ‘bullock maroon’.
Read moreSVR opens Bridgnorth refreshment room
A NEW refreshment room at the Severn Valley Railway’s Bridgnorth station has opened for business. The brick-built structure has been funded through the railway’s successful £2.5million share offer, launched in 2016. It replaces the temporary
Read moreSevern Valley ‘4MT’ returns to front-line service
Riddles ‘4MT’ 4-6-0 No. 75069 officially entered traffic at the Severn Valley Railway over the weekend of February 16-17.
Read more‘Manor’ in impressive form at GCR ‘spectacular’
ERLESTOKE Manor Fund’s Collett 4-6-0 No. 7802 Bradley Manor showed audiences at the Great Central Railway’s Winter Steam Gala just why the type is held in such high regard, putting in some impressive turns at the
Read moreBehind the scenes: Retaining heritage skills for the future
In our latest feature about apprentices at the Severn Valley Railway, we meet 21-year-old George Brogan, who is in his final year in the carriage & wagon department at Kidderminster. Since July, he’s been working
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