Tag: Class 56

Special railtour to raise money for Martin House Hospice

On Saturday the 3rd of August a special charity railtour will be…

Joseph Molloy avatar Joseph Molloy

‘Cooling Tower Choppers’ charter celebrates power generation this August

A special Class 20-hauled freight line charter will run in August to…

Janine Booth avatar Janine Booth

Dorset heritage railway to welcome nine diesel locos to annual gala and beer festival

Dorset's Swanage Railway's annual Diesel Gala will feature nine classic diesel locomotives,…

Janine Booth avatar Janine Booth

Book Review: Rail Freight, Yorkshire and North East England by Paul Shannon

4.5 out of 5

This book illustrates the changing pattern of freight traffic on the railways…

Roger Smith avatar Roger Smith

Book Review: Heavy Freight Locomotives by George Woods

4.3 out of 5

This is a portfolio of the author’s photographs of the more-powerful diesel…

Roger Smith avatar Roger Smith

Book Review: MGR Coal Trains by Mike Rhodes

This book is a historical archive of what was an everyday scene…

Roger Smith avatar Roger Smith

Book Review: British Rail Motive Power in the 1980s by Andrew Walker and Vaughan Hellan

This book is a collection of photographs of the railway scene in…

Roger Smith avatar Roger Smith

Class 56 locomotive to visit the Severn Valley Railway

A Colas Rail Class 56 locomotive is to visit the Severn Valley…

Michael Holden avatar Michael Holden

GB Railfreight donates Class 56 power unit for use on Ivatt Diesel Locomotive No. 10000

Class 56 No. 56104's power unit and alternator have been delivered to…

Michael Holden avatar Michael Holden

GB Railfreight Class 56 locomotive set for Severn Valley Railway visit

A GB Railfreight Class 56 locomotive is set to visit the Severn…

Victoria Thompson avatar Victoria Thompson