Steam Days - May 2026

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CASTLETHORPE’S RAILWAY STORY: INVESTMENT AND LOSS

Talyllyn transition: from obscurity to world fame
Rescued at a time when taking over a railway to preserve its charm was a world first, Andrew Kennedy considers how a woebegone and ramshackle narrow gauge line was rejuvenated and history was made in May 1951.

A chapter of accidents on the Alnwick lines
Shining a spotlight on the two railways that served this Northumberland market town, Roger Jermy delves through the archives to reveal decades of railway mishaps, some of them tragic.

Treasured times at Laira
On site unofficially, like so many railway enthusiasts in the early to mid- 1950s, this ex-GWR main line engine shed was a regular haunt for Peter Kerslake in his teenage years, with his visits particularly fruitful for photography in 1956, the year he turned 20.