The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has launched a major appeal for £500,000 to restore its locomotive yard in Bridgnorth – vital for the operation of the entire railway.
On the day the Queen celebrates her 96th birthday, the Severn Valley Railway announced that it is partnering with leading British model company Hornby to produce a limited edition collector’s model of a locomotive with a very special royal connection.
The Ffestiniog Railway is famous as the only place in the world where the legendary double Fairlie articulated ‘back-to-back’ steam locomotives can be seen in action…
The Mid Norfolk Railway is running a static Mother’s Day event this year at Dereham station, as unfortunately, over-running engineering works mean that the planned start of passenger services has had to be delayed.
The United States is renowned as a world leader in technology, and sent the first manned space missions to the moon half a century ago. Yet the first steam railway locomotive to run in the US was built in Britain – at a foundry in the West Midlands.
The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any mainline railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic.
