“REPAINTED in bright green, with the initials of a fictitious Great Northern & Southern Railway on its tender, former Lancashire & Yorkshire 0-6-0 No. 957 was in use on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on May 20, with a special train for filming s

THE Quainton Railway Society, which operates the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC) is appealing for £70,000 to get its flagship loco, Metropolitan Railway 0-4-4-T No. 1 back in steam for its 125th anniversary in 2023. Withdrawn in 2019, 18 months

ROBERT Fairlie sold his patent locomotives all over the world and they were particularly popular in countries as diverse as Mexico and New Zealand. He took over his father-in-law George England’s failing loco construction business and co-operated ful

FOR any railtour fan fancying a trip around the Midlands with a pair of Class 20s top-and-tailed, there are still a few unsold seats on Pathfinder’s ‘Chopper Topper’ tour on July 2. With an 06.30 start from Burton-on-Trent, the Class 20s will head to

THE third fleet of wagons financed by Swiss firm Wascosa for Network Rail/GB Railfreight infrastructure operations, FEA-W multi-modal flats, are now arriving in large numbers. In total 260 flats (Euro-type Sgnss) Nos. 81 70 4524 001-4 to 260-6 are on

ORIGINALLY due to open in 2024, the new Semmering Base Tunnel being built in Austria under the Alps on the line between Vienna and Graz/ Klagenfurt, is now at least six years late. Major technical and geological problems have been encountered with th

LONDON Underground is experimenting with a new mechanical device which will save the travelling public time and trouble at less busy traffic points. At Aldwych station, which is a quiet traffic centre, a novel electrically-operated machine has been i

■ THE answer to 32 across in the May edition crossword is wrong. The longest tunnel wholly in Wales is not the abandoned Rhondda tunnel (at 3148m) but the very much alive and working Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel on the Conwy Valley line. The length vari

■ Please note that advertised traction, routes, times and even tour dates can, and often do, change from the advertised details. Check with your tour promoter before travelling. The Railway Magazine cannot accept any responsibility for changes to an

NO. 4930 Hagley Hall moved a short distance under its own power in Bridgnorth yard on May 11, for the first time in more than 35 years – the start of the lengthy commissioning phase before the Severn Valley Railway’s flagship locomotive can finally r

June 2 Stephenson Steam Railway: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee June 2/3 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Keighley Transport Festival June 2-5 Didcot Railway Centre: Jubilee Bank Holiday Steam Days June 2-5 Epping Ongar Railway: 10th Anniversary Gal

FOLLOWING disruption at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, East Anglia Transport Museum has returned to a regular pattern of opening for the 2022 season. The museum, at Carlton Colville near Lowestoft, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

A LOCO destined for the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway has gone to the Statfold Barn collection, Staffordshire instead. Cadbury No. 14 (Hudswell Clarke D1012 of 1956) was on static display at Cadbury World, Bournville, for many years. The 0-4-0DM was

THE MD of Thames Gateway Tramlink says the company’s vision of a tram route including a 1.2km tunnel under the Thames, linking Kent and Essex, could give people affordable access to employment without having to rely on the road network. Gordon Pratt

THE German government has announced a €9 monthly ticket covering regional and local trains, plus local buses and urban transport across the entire country for the months of June, July and August. Available from ticket machines and train operator webs

DOUBT has now arisen as to whether Douglas Bay Horse Tramway will open at all this season. In late April Isle of Man’s Infrastructure Minister, Tim Crookall, told Tynwald (Manx Parliament) it seemed highly unlikely the tramway would be ready for the

■ OLD Kiln Light Railway will celebrate its 40th anniversary of running at the Rural Life Living Museum in Tilford, Surrey, with a September 10/11 gala. The line’s O&K 0-6-0T Elouise, in its 100th anniversary year, should be back in action following

June 9-11 West Somerset Railway diesel gala 10-12 North Norfolk Railway diesel gala 10-12 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway diesel gala 18-19 Gwili Railway mixed traction gala 18-19 Midland Railway – Butterley DMU gala 25-26 Midland Railway – Butt