Steam locomotive 419 to visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has announced steam locomotive 419 will be visiting the line in 2019.
419 will be visiting the line for their...
Steam railway’s frustration at 14 bridge strikes since 2014
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway opened its extension back to Broadway on Good Friday 2018 and since then has been a hit with passengers.
This...
GWR 3400/3700 ‘City’ steam locomotive class – Sole Survivor
One of the early designs from Churchward, the 3400 (Later changed to 3700 series) 'City' class were built to meet traffic demands as well...
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway gets into the Christmas spirit
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has announced a bumper Santa Special season at the end of November.
Class 26 locomotive to visit Somerset and Dorset Railway in 2020
The Somerset & Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton has announced that a Class 26 locomotive will be visiting them in 2020.
Steam locomotives to celebrate birthday this weekend
Two steam locomotives on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway are celebrating birthdays this weekend.
Both locomotives were completed at GWR's Swindon Works.
4270 has reached its...
Steam railtours and special railway events this March
Halfway through March and there are still plenty of events to visit this month, we are pleased to announce that railway events and railtours...
Recent repair work on steam locomotive No.35006 “‘Peninsular and Oriental S.N....
The 35006 Locomotive Company Ltd has released details on the latest repair work carried out on their SR Merchant Navy No.35006 "'Peninsular & Oriental S.N....
Churchward County Trust (steam locomotive No.3840 “County of Montgomery”) – Project...
Firstly, I would like to apologise for the lack of a Project Information last week. This week we are looking at another Great Western...
Steam train delight as GWSR numbers rise by 42%
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has announced that its best ever year in 2018 by a considerable margin.
Records tumbled in during the year, after...
EXCLUSIVE: The Duke – The Impossible Dream – Past, Present and...
Following on from this, we are delighted to announce that we have been contacted by The BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust and they have provided us with an exclusive update on the history of the project, written by Trevor Tuckley. The update below is in its original unedited version