This morning, Flying Scotsman hauled the Royal Train into Pickering Heritage Railway Station as part of its centenary tour of the UK and to mark 50 years of North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Inside the motive power depot at Bridgnorth, SVR engineers maintain, overhaul and restore the railway’s steam locomotives. Usually, it all happens behind closed doors, but on selected weekends in June and July, that’s set to change.
Read this fascinating archive article on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, with words and photography as originally printed in the July 1925 issue of The Railway Magazine.
Postal strikes planned with the Royal Mail on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. With this in mind would you please allow extra days for delivery of your favourite magazine.
Covid-19 Update 😷
Due to Covid isolation issues at the finishing house, the next issue of Heritage Railway 288, will be arriving with you slightly later than planned. We apologise for this but ensure you it will be worth the wait.
