Progress update on building steam locomotive 4709
The project to re-create one of Churchward’s giant 4700 Class 2-8-0s is poised to gather significant momentum in the coming weeks.
Author: Roger Smith
I have had a life-long interest in railways, growing up just a few yards from the complex of sidings at Gloucester docks. My interest continued when I left school and joined the signal department of British Railways.
I am a published author and a a proof-reader for the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society's society’s monthly magazine, the Railway Observer.
I am also a keen photographer, and have had a number of railway photographs published in monthly magazines and books.
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Tree clearance work begins on Scotland’s Far North Line
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