Tag: Industrial Railways

Best Laid Plans

25 November, 2021

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

Barber

11 December, 2020

Barber is a unique locomotive, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s the only locomotive built by Thomas Green & Sons of Leeds to survive in the northern hemisphere – two other locomotives do survive in Australia though. It’s also the last remaining locomotive to retain the unique profile for the Harrogate Gasworks railway. I … More Barber