Hawarden shines at welland steam rally

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

A truly wonderful picture of 47593 Galloway Princess working 1Z34, the 12.32 Fort William-Crewe ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ support train, at Lochan a’Chlaidheimh, just north of Rannoch, on June 28. Out o

Side by side in the station at Alston ...

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Acres of gleaming brass, piercing whistles and history come alive: traction-engine rallies are a gloriously British summer celebration attended by hundreds of thousands of steam devotees, says James Hamilton

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