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11th September, 2025 New Northern train livery celebrates Railway 200 Northern's Railway-200-themed train As part of its contribution to Railway 200, train operator Northern has adorned a Class 158 train with artwork that celebrates key moments and people in railway history. Covering the...

Restoration work continues “To the outside world the loco and tender still look substantially complete but it is all this unseen hard work and graft which is part and parcel of overhauling a steam loco. Nothing seems to be easy at this stage but it’s a long journey and we are making progress...

Jack spent the day cleaning Volunteer Phil spent the whole of the working party day chiselling concrete in the loco’s smokebox. The smokebox needs to be disconnected from its saddle in preparation for lifting the boiler off the frames, and removing the concrete is a prerequisite for carrying...

11th September, 2025 Nottinghamshire volunteers continue work to restore steam loco 1264 61264 The Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust has reported that there was “Noise, dust and sweat!” when its volunteers worked on progressing the overhaul of steam locomotive no. 1264. Last Saturday (6...

Sir Keith Park at Wansford Tickets Special dining trains will operate on Saturday, 13 September, with full details available on the Railway’s website. The Green timetable will be in operation, with tickets allowing unlimited travel throughout the day Fundraising Money raised from this event...

Bulleid Pacific 34053 Sir Keith Park About Sir Keith Park Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC (15 June 1892 – 6 February 1975), was from New Zealand, and was prominent in the Royal Air Force. He was the commander of RAF No. 11 Group, and in this role, played a...

11th September, 2025 Kent railway to rededicate Sir Keith Park locomotive this Saturday Sir Keith Park rededication Spa Valley Railway in Kent will host an event to rededicate Bulleid Pacific 34053 ‘Sir Keith Park’ on Saturday (13 September). The event will take place at the Railway’s Eridge...

10th September, 2025 New home for steam locomotive 35011 announced as fundraiser launched 35011 "General Steam Navigation" in the Snow The General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society has announced a new home for 35011 General Steam Navigation. The loco has been based at the...

The cinema carriage in Stranraer in the ‘70s Former depot manager Alan Willmott once feared it would be scrapped and its history lost forever, but in 2019, volunteers arranged for it to be moved to the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. That was the start of a six-year project to preserve the...

The launch of the cinema coach in 1975 A rebuilt 1970s Bell and Howell will screen British Transport films in the restored cinema coach on Saturday, 13th and Sunday, 14th September at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. There is no charge to view the films, but visitors must buy entrance...

10th September, 2025 Wiltshire railway completes restoration of UK’s last cinema carriage Steve Foxon and father Rob Foxon in the cinema coach. C After being saved from destruction, the UK’s last mobile cinema carriage has been restored and will host a public screening later this month to...

The Crossley HSTVEE8 being lifted onto a flatbed in 2018 before being sent away for overhaul in 2021 Gen Elec has also quoted £16,680+vat for the work completed already, as well as other work that needs completing, and this includes Making the journals and pins into a serviceable condition...

The Crossley HSTVEE8 engine in the yard at Castlecroft in 2002 The V8 has been sent off to Gen Elec in Lincolnshire for restoration. Whilst this has been delayed due to a backlog of other projects, work has now started on restoring the V8, and the work completed to date includes pre-cleaning...

10th September, 2025 Appeal launched for CoBo locomotive V8 engine Metropolitan Vickers Class 28 D5705 in the yard at Baron Street, East Lancashire Railway June 2023 The Class 15 Preservation Society has launched an appeal to raise the funds to complete work on the Crossley V8 engine. The...

69016 at Kidderminster Behind-the-scenes tours of Kidderminster Diesel depot also took place, and a mini beer festival also took place on the platforms. A model railway exhibition in Partnership with Hornby Magazine also took place in the ‘Engine House’ at Highley. “There was a really...

40106 waiting to leave Bridgnorth on the final leg of its time at the SVR Visiting GBRf locomotives represented the modern traction era, starting with 69016, which was on display on Friday evening, having worked in a rail tour. 57305, 66710, 66719 and 69015 all took turns hauling the air...

The cleaning team preparing 4930 ‘Hagley Hall’ for service at the GBRf charity weekend No. 40106 ‘Atlantic Conveyor’ worked a Class 40 Preservation Society evening special on the Saturday. The locomotive will soon be returning to the East Lancashire Railway following its seven-year visit to...

10th September, 2025 Severn Valley Railway charity gala deemed huge success Three generations of motive power at Bewdley during the GBRf charity weekend The Heritage and Modern Traction charity gala held at the Severn Valley Railway, in collaboration with GB Railfreight (GBRf), over the 5th...

Saxons, Joseph Silke (SWR), Sir Ed Savey, Mayor of Kingston, Tom Holland, Deputy Lieutenant Martin Hislop, Bishop of Kingston (L to R) with King Athelstan train The naming ceremony was part of wider ‘Kingston 2025’ celebrations to mark this historic anniversary. Earlier this year, SWR...

Tiffin School choir The ceremony concluded with the Bishop of Kingston, Martin Gainsborough, blessing the train. Later, commemorations continued at All Saints Church, where the coronation took place. King Athelstan’s grandfather, Alfred the Great, was also crowned at Kingston, his coronation...

10th September, 2025 Podcaster unveils SWR train honouring England’s first king at Kingston station Tom Holland and King Athelstan train South Western Railway (SWR) has named a train after Athelstan, the first King of England, with the help of Tom Holland of the podcast The Rest is History...

The United Union of Poria has been banned from The North Pacific - Already on 2 warnings, has links to The Holy States of Rernian - has been warned by NS Mods, then left our region to a Fascist one.

I, Marcus Antonius, do hereby solemnly swear that during my term as Lead Gameside Advocate, I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a...

And so, with the most combat-capable captives at his back, Jang-hyun confronts the royal troops… led by the ever-fanatical Yeon-joon. If they only surrender, he insists, there’ll be fair trials all round. I wonder, says Jang-hyun, if you’re really that naive — or are you just pretending not...

It looks like he is remembering an old memory of a man standing by the sea, holding a bloody sword. The man looks like he has been through hell, with blood all over his clothes. He is surrounded by a legion of armed men and they slowly start to approach him. The man nostalgically stares at...

Some little snippets of 'My Dearest' 2023 where my song entry comes from............

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