The Severn Valley Railroad has unveiled the name of a spectacular guest locomotive that has been commissioned for its spring steam gala. The iconic 4079 “Pendennis Castle” will… Read More
Happy birthday to LNER, 100 years old today! To celebrate this landmark, I have recently returned from an Inverness-to-London rail trip using LNER services and, to break the eight-hour journ… Read More
In addition to my own pictures I like to collect postcards, photo and slide collections from others. The following 4 pictures are part of a collection of slides I recently acquired and am cu… Read More
It’s looking pretty spry for a centenarian. Its body painted in mirror-finish British Rail green, its wheels and smokebox gleaming black and its name picked out in bright gold. The F… Read More
It’s perhaps one of the most famous and iconic steam engines of all time, but do you know the full backstory of the Flying Scotsman and how it gained its status? This year you can expe… Read More
Twitter seemed to be at a loose end yesterday when it had all the tweets about Paul McCartney headlining Glastonbury. The Shiny-shiny babblers saying bad things. I don't get it. There's a lo… Read More
Mr Twonkey promotes his Christmas in the Jungle in Brighton
So I had a chat with Mr Twonkey aka Paul Vickers at King’s Cross station in London.
He was on his way back home to Edinburgh… Read More