Going to the zoo – second ‘collection x’ locomotive sold

AFTER NEARLY 40 years in preservation, the Class 40 Appeal has agreed to sell 40012 Aureol to Andania Engineering (AE), which intends to return it to the main line with Locomotive Services. As this is

12099 – Kidderminster: The Class 11 was taken out of service in 2019 for overhaul. Since then it has received a thorough internal and external makeover from bufferbeam to bufferbeam by the dedicated t

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

ABOVE: The 1990s were a colourful time with the last of the Trainload liveries, the shadow freight colour schemes and the new privatised company liveries. On January 23, 1996, Loadhaul 37517 leads Tra

Shock as Deltic runs without any headbords… in public! The Deltic Preservation Society has launched an investigation after one of its locos was seen hauling a train without a single headboard. The inc

The past few years have seen Accurascale’s ‘Powering Britain’ range of OO gauge wagons expand exponentially, beginning with the 24½-ton coal hoppers and going on to encompass both the 16-ton and 21-to