GWR 4575 Class Locomotive Number 5526

Alan Baseley

A number of photos of the former Great Western Railway prairie tank engine 5526 taken on the South Devon Railway earlier this year. All the shots were taken at the … View the full post

Monochrome Photos of the KWVR Spring Steam Gala

A few black and white photographs taken at the recent Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala View the full post

Buckfastleigh Station

Buckfastleigh Station

Black and White images of Buckfastleigh station, terminus of the South Devon Railway, a heritage steam railway that used to be the Ashburton branch of the Great Western Railway and British Railways before it was closed as part of the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. The branch originally terminated at Ashburton but had to be shortened to Buckfastleigh in order to allow the building of the A38 dual carriageway. View the full post

Pannier Tank 6412

Pannier Tank 6412

These are three shots of ex.GWR Pannier Tank 6412 at Totnes from a trip to the South Devon Railway today, an heritage railway formed from the now truncated Ashburton branch of the former GWR. The railway now runs along side the River Dart between Totnes and Buckfastleigh. View the full post