Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

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

Ex-Southern Region fireman DAVE WILSON recalls three epic, high-speed runs on the footplate of a trio of ‘Merchant Navies’ between Waterloo and Basingstoke over three consecutive days in June 1965.

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

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