Third time lucky

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

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

THE CLASS 40 Preservation Society could be facing a bill of nearly £250,000 to return two of its three locomotives back to operational condition. Main line-registered D345 is currently stopped at the

FEARS THAT D1048 Western Lady may be ‘too far gone’ to be viable for a full restoration may not be the case, and an initial thorough inspection has revealed that the loco could well be reactivated as

The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a