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Hornby R2677 Class 47 47844 in Virgin Trains livery

Wednesday 12th November 2025 ETHNONRAIL UPDATE ROLLING STOCK UPDATE Today, I bought two second-hand locomotives. Lima L204793 Class 37 Diesel 37714 in EWS livery

Found in my change yesterday Denomination £1 Alloy Inner: Cupro-nickel. Outer:Nickel-brass Weight 8.750g Diameter 23.03mm Reverse Designer The Royal Mint Obverse Designer Martin Jennings Year 2025 Edge Alt Plain / Milled

The bus home from Cardiff was Cardiff Bus/Bws Caerdydd No. 552, ADL Enviro200, CN17 BGO

Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 Marcus & Cleo Have Another Bus Adventure into Cardiff Firstly we popped into 'The Great Western' for a couple of drinks. We then went to my model railway shop and I bought a couple of locomotives. Then onto some food at 'McDonalds'. Our last call was 'The Gatekeeper'...

The Queen on the train from Chippenham to Paddington Wreaths had been placed on early morning services from numerous stations as part of a partnership with The Veterans Charity. The tradition of Poppies to Paddington started in 2020, when just over 100 wreaths were placed. This year saw...

11th November, 2025 The Queen travels on one of 10 poppy trains to attend Poppies to Paddington on Armistice Day The Queen attending the Remembrance Day Service at Paddington This Remembrance Day saw Great Western Railway’s ‘Poppies to Paddington’ event, which received a Royal visit. At...

Before the start of the procession, with St Paul’s Cathedral in the background It is now nearly three years since Fenchurch returned to service after its last major overhaul. In September, Railway Support Services assisted the Severn Valley Railway in recovering a carriage, which had overrun...

Fenchurch heading along Fleet Street The Show attracted huge crowds, who were treated to the sight of 7,000 participants taking part in a three-mile-long parade of exhibits, floats, horses, musicians and vehicles. Fenchurch was loaned for the event by the Bluebell Railway and was collected...

11th November, 2025 Steam locomotive wows crowds at Lord Mayor’s Show "Fenchurch" at Bank during the parade Visitors to this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show, held in the City of London last Saturday, 8th November, experienced the unusual spectacle of a steam engine parading around the streets of the...

Class 159 on the West of England main line

Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 Transport for Wales and Network Rail to welcome Railway 200’s ‘Inspiration’ Exhibition train to Llandudno Region & Route: Wales & Western: Wales & Borders INSPIRATION Royal Border Bridge Transport for Wales and Network Rail will be hosting Railway 200’s flagship...

Shakespeare Express at Stratford

Close-up of a new Aurora train A new £35 million maintenance depot has been built at Derby for the new trains. Where possible, support for family-owned Midlands businesses was inherent in the supply of parts for the trains. “The introduction of our first Aurora train this December marks...

New Aurora train Designed as bi-mode trains, the Auroras have the advantage of being able to run on the electric overhead lines installed during the £1.5 billion Midland Main Line upgrade. When running on electric power, carbon emissions will be dramatically cut by 66 per cent, and provide...

10th November, 2025 East Midlands Railway’s new trains set to enter service New Aurora train Transport UK and East Midlands Railway (EMR) have announced that the first Aurora train will start operating services on the Midland Main Line next month. The Aurora trains are part of a new 400...

10th November, 2025 Network Rail’s Wales and Western Ecology Framework partner up with Amey Amey appointed to Network Rail’s Wales and Western Ecology Framework For the next three years, Amey, a provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for the UK, has...

I won another award! https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9199599/post-10750469

ÖBB starts freight transport on the new Koralm Railway

Škoda Group battery-electric train

WATCH VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghja9-vngVM “We’re thrilled to have secured Dougal and to welcome it to the Ruislip Lido Railway as part of the home fleet. Having a second steam locomotive at Ruislip running alongside our current steam locomotive Mad Bess, is something the Society...

Dougal at the EVLR Dougal was built in 1970 by Severn-Lamb Ltd for MiniRail Ltd at Longleat House, but moved to The Valley Railway Adventure (previously the Evesham Vale Light Railway) in 2004. In 2009, Dougal had a major rebuild, which included a new boiler and tender, making it a very...

8th November, 2025 New steam locomotive for the Ruislip Lido Railway Dougal outside the running shed in Evesham 1970-built coal-fired steam locomotive, Dougal, has been purchased by the Ruislip Lido Railway, bringing the line’s locomotive fleet up to seven. The locomotive will need a short...

South Western Railway Class 455 “While customers are getting used to the many benefits of our new fleet of Arterio trains, we know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there who will be sad to see our classic red trains go. “The farewell tour will be a fitting tribute to these trains, which...