Recent content by RobJW

Thanks 8-) I am slowly rediscovering my boyhood interest in steam, just booked my 2nd mainline railtour with my Dad having taken him on one around the Cumbrian Coast last year.

I live near a small preserved line. It has a couple of big mainline locomotives from Barry scrapyard that have been "under restoration" for 2 decades with little signs of being anywhere near running order. I think like many other projects, it started with real momentum and intent and has...

I'm not particularly young but I entered service after the class 43... 35018 was the first of the class to be rebuilt by BR without chain driven valve gear - is that a claim to fame?