Volunteers look to restore steam locomotive in time for 130th birthday
Swanage Railway volunteers are raising funds to restore London and South Western Railway T9 Class No. 120 in time for its 130th Birthday in 2029.
Tag: Sole Survivor
Cambrian Heritage Railway welcomes Grant Ritchie steam locomotive
Cambrian Heritage Railways has borrowed an 0-4-0 saddle tank from the Ribble Steam Railway & Museum for the 2023 operating season.
GNR / LNER Class C1 and C2 steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Britain's first 4-4-2 'Atlantic' type locomotives, the Great Northern Railway's (GNR) C1 small and large boiler were the predecessor to Gresley's A1, …
LNER K4 Class steam locomotive – Sole Survivor
Join us as we look back on the history of this small class and how only one engine survived into the 21st century.
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 as…
SECR/SR N Class steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Built for hauling a variety of train types across tracks which could only handle light axle loading, the N Class helped the South Eastern and Chatham…
Stanier Class 5 2-6-0 ‘Mogul’ steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Using his experience from the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the Hughes ‘Crabs’ as a starting point, Stanier developed his own modern moguls a couple…
NER T2 / LNER Q6 Class steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Pooling designs from a few different classes, the North Eastern Railway’s T2 class were perfect engines to meet the ever-increasing freight traffic on the NER…
LMS Stanier 3-Cylindered 2-6-4 Tank steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Compact but fast, the 3-Cylindered 2-6-4 Tanks are some of the first engines designed by William Stanier for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). They…
LNER Peppercorn A2 Class steam locomotives – Sole Survivor
Powerful and fast, the Peppercorn A2s were some of the best and last Pacifics designed by the LNER and form the topic for this week’s…