Railway Stamps

The new stamps released to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway. Featured locomotives:

4468 Mallard

I was reading an article today about the Locomotive mallard which reminded me of my trip to the National Railway … More

I didn’t get around to visiting a lot of steam railways this year but had a great day at the … More

This wonderful-looking locomotive was built in 1946 at Brighton Works for use on Southern Region mainline trains. In all, 110 … More

A trip to the Bluebell railway for the Giants of Steam weekend and a chance to see some locomotives from … More

70000 Britannia was the first of 55 Britannia class locomotives built for British Railways. She left the Crewe works in … More

4771 Green Arrow was built is in 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster. It is a … More

4468 Mallard was built at Doncaster in 1938. The A4 class was designed for the North-Eastern Railway by Sir Nigel … More

On my recent trip to Alnmouth, I met a man who was visiting Barter Books in nearby Alnmouth. Sadly I … More

I was reminded the other day of a wonderful story about Queen Victoria. When she was still quite young she … More