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We stay in the Manchester area to look at one of the last bastions of stea
One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f
Overhauls, restorations and running notes
D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap
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When the Taff Vale Railway was formed, the company established its locomotive works and running shed at West Yard, Cardiff in 1840, near Bute Docks. The original one-road engine shed was replaced in 1
LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o