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Monday 21 May 2012

Bullied's Merchant Navy class

A superb exhibit showing the workings of a main line express locomotive


Stephensons Rocket


Hogwarts Castle

A famous locomotive play film star


Fowler Tank


As used on the Southend lines


Evening Star

A little thank you to my understanding wife and daughter


The footplate of Evening Star


The drivers controls on Evening Star


Monday 14 May 2012

A4 Bittern

Bittern arrives at Pickering


A truely magnificent day. Many thanks North Yorks Moors Railway


Another star in steam was A4 4464 'Bittern'


A magnificent sight 


All credit to those who care for this and all the other engines

9F 92214 Cock o the North

Superb subject



North Yorkshire Moors Railway steam festival

A superb afternoon at Pickering. 9F Cock o the North 



Saturday 12 May 2012

L&Y 957 in the Railway Children

In her green livery of the Railway children


Other scenes from the Railway children


I am most grateful to http://www.kwvr.co.uk/ do visit them or better still go along and see them.


80002 Prerpared at Haworth




Cleaned, prepared and dispatched for a days work

Passengers loaded, departs Oxenhope

First steam train of the day.


Today at Keighley & Worth Valley

Having been prepared at Howarth, 80002 collects her train at Oxenhope


Wednesday 9 May 2012

Lancashire and Yorkshire class 25 No 957

The star of the Railway Children is of course an L&Y class 25 0-6-0 goods loco


Designed by Aspinal, they were known as 'Iron Clads' as they appeared a few years after the navy built their first iron clad battle ships. 957 was built at Beyer Peacocks in Manchester in 1887, though a number were also built at the Vulcan foundry in Newton le Willows. It lasted with some 25 others into BR days and was retired in 1959. Bought by private owner and is said to be the first so purchased. The engine came to Howarth as long ago as 1965 and was steamed for the first time in 1967. 

Monday 7 May 2012

City of Truro in steam at the NRM

In superb condition


And still in steam


The first 100mph

City of Truro

At the National Railway Museum on an over cast bank holiday Monday


Incredible that this icon of railway steam speed records is still running at 100+ years.
City of Truro was timed at 8.8 seconds between two quarter-mile posts whilst hauling the "Ocean Mails" special from Plymouth to London Paddington on 9 May 1904. This timing was recorded from the train by Charles Rous-Marten, who wrote for The Railway Magazine and other journals. If exact (Rous-Marten's stopwatch read in multiples of 1/5 second), this time would correspond to a speed of 102.3 mph (164.6 km/h), while 9 seconds would correspond to exactly 100 mph.

My thanks to Wikepedia for the above note. The Video is mine ad was taken today as the rain just started


Saturday 5 May 2012

The Railway Children Weekend

The Railway Children weekend at the Keighley Worth Valley

Lancashire and Yorkshire 0-6-0 which starred in the film here in steam 

Visit them at http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

Lancashire and Yorkshire 0-6-0 No 957

Star of the film The Railway Children.


No 957 at Oxenhope this weekend.