Overhauls, restorations and running notes

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE

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

D E SPITE BEING surrounded by the likes ...

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

As the North Norfolk Railway’s flagship ‘B12’ approaches its centenary, RICHARD GUNN catches up with the NNR’s chief mechanical engineer, Keith Ashford, to chat about how its overhaul is progressing