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Welcome to the Lickey Incline blog devoted to the celebration of the railway and in particular the great days of steam trains both standard and narrow gauge, on the railways of Britain.



Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Statfold Barn Staffordshire with Art Tatum

Monday, March 26, 2012

Welsh Highland Railway - promotional booklet for the re-building of the railway

Welsh Highland Railway promotional re-building booklet
Front Cover Welsh Highland Railway Booklet
'Rheilfforddd Eryi The Welsh Highland Railway' - promotional booklet published by the Festiniog Railway on its plans for re-building the Welsh Highland Railway in the 1990s
14 pages in Welsh and English covering:
  • Introduction
  • The Market Strategy
  • In the beginning
  • Double page of the route from Carnarfon to Porthmadog
  • Constructing the Railway
  • Locomotives and Trains
  • Implementation

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

James Cholmeley Russell: Russell's restoration in sight

James Cholmeley Russell: Russell's restoration in sight: Russell at Dinas with Gowrie in NWNGR days copyright K A C R Nunn The restoration of Russell, the Hunslet built 106 year old narrow ga...

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Exclusive: Steam returns to the Underground - Heritage Railway Magazine

Exclusive: Steam returns to the Underground - Heritage Railway Magazine nice little cameo - imagine how it used to be in the 19th century - all that smoke and steam