Category Archives: Trains

Progress on the other railway

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Justin

In April, Andy blogged about the progress of his railway. Now it’s time for mine. The path is done, complete with the square stepping stones. The concrete blocks that mark the edge of the path and the edge of the … Continue reading →

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Botchan Ressha – Japanese steam-outline tram

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Andy

A very interesting collection of ideas: a steam-outline tram running on Diesel. I’m particularly intrigued by the way they turn the engine (2m55s). Never seen that before. (I found another video showing the turntable again: see here)

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Industrial Archaeology

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Andy

Archeologists have discovered a waggonway which dates back to 1780 underneath the demolished offices of a shipyard on the river Tyne. In the summer of 2013, thirty metres of waggonway were unearthed some of which was having to be kept … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Bering Strait

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Justin

For centuries, the idea of a tunnel under the English Channel was little more than a dream: it was variously seen as a way of uniting the two countries either side … or as a way to invade. By the … Continue reading →

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Brambleton 1st June 2013

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Andy

Live steam (16mm/ft) on one of the most extensive garden railway layouts in the South of England

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A new garden railway – May 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Justin

After a year rebuilding the house, and with the weather slowly trying to pretend that it’s summer, we have ventured out into the mud-heap that was once our garden to try and work out what’s going where. This is the … Continue reading →

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Indoor garden railway meet

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Andy

I went along to a winter meeting of the West Hertfordshire group. It’s a bit of an oxymoron to call it an indoor meeting of a garden railway group, but that’s what it is. I can imagine the headlines already: … Continue reading →

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New year train videos

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Andy

Here are a couple of videos of the brand new “L&B” loco, named Lyd, now coal fired, on trial at Boston Lodge and Minffordd on the Ffestiniog railway. and in other news, this time-lapse video shows the replacement of an … Continue reading →

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Train Photos

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Andy

A round-up of other train photos on the internet… Some Swiss metre gauge pictures on Ron Fisher’s Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/sets/72157627398038167/http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/sets/72157627401283371/ I’ll be adding to this list as things come my way.

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Coffee Pot weekend at Leighton Buzzard

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Andy

The weekend of 14th-15th May 2011 saw a festival of vertical boilered locomotives (coffee pots) at the Leighton Buzzard Railway See photos on www.flickr.com and a video: from Andy Sleigh Another video:

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