Around 30m (32yds) of the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) track and track bed was damaged in a landslip on 30 January. A section of the track is impassable after the embankment collapsed about 300m (328yds) north of Sterns on the Shropshire section of the line. The affected area lies between SVR’s northern terminus station at…
Category: steaming
Crofton Beam Engine Run First Ecoal Trial Steaming
The search to find a replacement for coal to steam locomotives in the UK has been going on for several years. Now, attention is turning to replacement fuels for running stationary steam engines and their boilers beyond the use of gas or wood pellets. Crofton beam engine held a first trial steaming using Homefire Ecoal…
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