Built at Swindon Works under Lot No. 361 in
July 1947, Diagram A9 Class 5101 'Large Prairie' No. 4154 entered
traffic at Wellington Shed, remaining there until 11 July, 1...
A1 Class 4472 Flying Scotsman entered traffic on 24 February, 1923, unnamed, as LNER No. 1472. Selected as the LNER’s presitige exhibit for the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, 1472 e...
60512 Steady Aim entered traffic on 24 August
1946 at Gateshead, moving on to Heaton shed on 8th September. On 14
December 1952 Steady Aim was allocated along with three ...
The first reference to 10000's designation as Class W1 was on 9 November
1926, but where the widely adopted name of 'Hush-Hush' came from is
disputed. It could be that the nickname arose in the la...
When the Isle of Wight Railway relinquished Terriers W9, W10, W12 and
W14 back to the mainland, W13 Carisbrooke continued as one of three
Terriers left on the Island and was fitted with motor gear...
6212 Duchess of Kent entered traffic on 21
October 1935, allocated to Camden shed and fitted with a riveted 9-ton
LMS tender. Oddly, out of all the Princess Royals built ...
6211 Queen Maud entered traffic on 21 October
1935 allocated to Camden shed and fitted with the riveted 9-ton LMS
tender, which it retained until the first heavy service ...
6211 Queen Maud entered traffic on 21 October
1935 allocated to Camden shed and fitted with the riveted 9-ton LMS
tender, which it retained until the first heavy service ...
The last of the class, 46257 City of Salford
entered traffic on 19 May 1948 at Camden shed straight into British
Railways' service, albeit that the livery was the lined L...
4003 'Lode Star' entered service with the Great Western Railway in
February 1907 and received the first of its modifications, the
superheated boiler, in May 1911. The second major alteration took ...
60062 entered service on 17 June 1991 with
Railfreight (Petroleum) named as Samuel Johnson, a name the locomotive
retained until November 1996. Having been absorbed into ...
Floyd Zrt. was one of the first open-access
freight operators in Hungary and currently operates a varied traction
fleet which includes a number of ex-BR locomotives. 5611...
66733 Cambridge PSB has had an interesting numbering system, having
initially been numbered as 66401 at import, when the locomotive joined
the DRS fleet. One of five Class 66 locomotives sold to G...
Introduced in 1985 by the operating company, Great Scottish &
Western Railway Co. (GS&WR), since 2005 the overnight luxury train
has been run by Belmond Ltd. Initially hauled by West Coast...
Introduced in 1985 by the operating company, Great Scottish &
Western Railway Co. (GS&WR), since 2005 the overnight luxury train
has been run by Belmond Ltd. Initially hauled by West Coast...