Delivered in 1989, 91010 was the final one of the original batch of 10
Class 91s to be built. Between 2001 and 2009, the locomotive was named
after the Victorian physician, missionary and explorer...
Designed to deal with the steep gradients of the Calder Valley route,
the Class 110 was distinctive in being the first generation DMU with the
highest power to weight ratio of any naturally aspira...
Engineered to deal with the steep gradients of the Calder Valley route
which it became synonymous with them being named 'Calder Valley sets',
the Class 110 was one of the first DMU's with the high...
Originally conceived as a cheaper, more reliable alternative to the
Advanced Passenger Train in the early 1970s, the British Railways Board
authorised the development of a prototype High Speed Die...
Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
which were built for the English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS)
between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, S...
The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric
locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of
512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in...
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as
the English Electric Type 3, and by some railway enthusiasts as
'tractors' due to their agricultural sound, the class was o...
The British Rail Class 37 is a
diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3,
the class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan...
The British Rail Class 47 is a class of British railway diesel-electric
locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of
512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush's...
ntroduced to service as D212 in May 1959 and the third of the production
series to be delivered, 'Aureol' was officially named in 1960. By 1974
when the locomotive was re-numbered 40012 under TOPS...
The locomotive in question, number 1472, was originally outshopped from
the GNR’s Doncaster Works as a class A1 with GNR colouring, lettering
and numbering before being renumbered and named in 192...
LNER class a1 4-6-2 flying scotsman part of the new hornby
dublo range that this locomotive has now reached 100 years of age. It
is a very detailed engine and is a special edition of of only...
Relatively little of note would occur in the locomotives life and
service for the next twenty years, with main changes consisting of her
coupling with a corridor tender in 1928 (this allowed the l...
Both 43480 and 43484 are both part of Rail
Adventure’s first dive onto British rails, with the company previously
only being based out of Germany. P...
43060 is currently in storage at Long Marston
after being introduced by BR in 1977, the unit was built by BREL, as
with all other Class 43 units. 43060 was one of a numbe...