After the 15 Guinea Special, the last few steam engines in service soon left shed limits for the scrapyard or elsewhere. One exception was Lostock Hall, which come the new year still had 20 engines languishing about; the last - 45017, 45388 & 44894 - left for Drapers on 28 April.

A number of locos i have weathered or put into 60's condition. Hopefully someone will like them even if it isn't thomas!

The p-way rather overgrown, Dean Goods 2538 busies itself with shunting at Kerry in April 1954. The terminus of the titular branch from Abermule, Kerry hadn't seen passengers since February 1931 & would see its final trains on 1st May 1956. 2538 outlived the branch by a year.

On 23 September 1954, 4MT 2-6-0 76017, passing a signal at danger, ploughed through the sand-trap at Whitchurch Town & fell down an embankment. Nestled in young growth, 76017 can be seen, secured by a hawser, in the early acts of recovery with tender & 2 wagons in the sand-trap.

The Evil Twins Bill and Ben!

Truro'ification of edward

A rather clean Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45263 of Saltley in charge of an up freight at Hatton in March 1962. Photo Keith R Pirt.

#OnThisDay 55 years ago, Beckton Gasworks closed. Clip from a fascinating 1960 film showing the internal locos at work, full video here: buff.ly/41elFdx The gasworks doubled for Vietnam in Full Metal Jacket, today Beckton DLR depot occupies much of the site.

came across this while using inspect element on mattel's website.. i-is this real?!

7138 LMS Jinty leaving bury on East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society small loco gala yesterday

james and the diesel engines

WD (Egypt) WD (USATC Class S100) 0-6-0T steam locomotive Nr. 71304 SAPPER in Egypt (Vulcan Iron Works 4467 / 1943) Photo taken after 1948, during the British military control of the Suez Canal USATC locomotives 1952-2001 📸historical railway images

I think this counts as my first *proper* RWS model SIR HANDEL - Built from a Miniature Modellers Hub Sir Haydn, meant to represent Sir Handel in the 50s More info in thread (Ignore he's facing the wrong way in the 1st photo)

Black Five 44718 waits to leave Callander with the 7.50am Glasgow (Buchanan Street) to Oban train. 📆 3rd April 1961 📷 Photo by Roy Patterson. #steamlocomotive #1960s #Scotland #BritishRailways

Its taken awhile but NW Region 50006 "Percy" is finally complete! Weathering was complete this week. Going for a well worked look.

Bluebell 0-6-0T ‘Terrier’ 72 at Sheffield park on 7 April 1969. (📸 Online Transport Archive)

Start your engines because SPEED RACER is coming to 4K Ultra HD on 5/19!

Warner Bros. has announced that #SpeedRacer (2008) will be released in theaters, including IMAX, for the week of April 25, in addition to being remastered in 4K Ultra HD, digitally and on disc, on May 19. 🍿 Read More: bit.ly/47vJccQ

"Byron the bulldozer was shoving rock and rubble with his giant blade!" "I dont need help!" Here is my model of that chiseled treadwell dozer known as Byron!