There are certain articles I always go back – Chris Pendlenton’s North Shields in MRJ No 58 is a prime example of this, so much so I’m on my third copy of it now! Another on is one article in Iain Rice’s much missed RailMODEL Digest Issue No. 2 (along with an excellent article on Southwell) on Iain Rice’s specialist … More Best Laid Plans
A rare view of the little known Rootas Tramway just north of Cherry Burton in East Yorkshire. This is the only known view of one of the line’s locomotives at work on the line, other images show either horses or wagons bring pushed by hand. The locomotive is clearly a product of Kerr Stuart but … More Rootas Tramway
The 27th November 1965 marked the end of services on the York to Beverley railway with the very last being a six-car DMU running the 2142 from York to Hull – when this post is published tonight it will be fifty five years to the minute since the last service set off and marked the … More Last Train over the Wolds
Big Trains, Little Trains 