Settle & Carlisle Line Set To Reopen In March 2017
The Settle & Carlisle Line is on track to reopen in March 2017 after part of the line suffered a landslide last December. The Settle…
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Featured Fridays – 2/12/16 – Steam on the West Highland Line, Scotland
Our fourth featured Fridays comes from UK Trains 1, and is a video of ‘The Jacobite’ Railtour in the West Highland Line, in Northern Scotland. The Jacobite on the West…
The Unknown Warrior to be painted Crimson Red
The newly built locomotive No. 5551 ‘Patriot Class’ The Unknown Warrior will be painted in Crimson Lake when the build is completed in 2018. It was…
Throwback Thursdays – Ep. 39 – No. 61994 The Great Marquess
In this weeks ‘Throwback Thursday’ we see Steam in the form of No. 61994 The Great Marquess at Preston on a Steam Excursion. Built in…
Black 5 No. 45212 arrives home at the KWVR
A long restoration by Riley & Son Ltd, Bury, has been completed on No. 45212, which is a resident locomotive at the KWVR. The locomotive…
Throwback Thursdays – Episode 23 – No. 48151 in the 1980’s or early 1990’s
In episode 23 of our Throwback Thursdays, we steam all the way back to the 1980s (we think!) or maybe the early 1990’s. These pictures…
Flying Scotsman at Clitheroe
A last minute change to the schedule saw No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’Â return to the mainline on the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express, ran by West Coast…