The Mainlines

The world's most popular steam train No. 60103 Flying Scotsman is back on the tracks in 2022! It is only out for a few trips before going through a boiler overhaul. The overhaul is scheduled for April so that the Flying Scotsman is ready for its centenary celebrations in 2023. The National Railway Museum which owns and operates the Flying Scotsman is setting up a series of events in 2023 to celebrate the century. The schedule for this year is; March 5     London Paddington to Worcester March 13     London to Oxford   March 17     London to Kent     Canterbury Tour March 24     London to Salisbury     Salisbury Tour

 It looks like we might have trouble sourcing coal going forward. Planning permission for a new mine near Newcastle was denied and Ffos-Y-Fran mine is due to close next yer. Here's hoping that that changes or the foreign supplies don't get too pricey. Story here on the beeb.

 The Bala Lake Railway facilitated a Penrhyn quarry-themed function on June 16-18, with two visiting 'Quarry Hunslets' joining in. One of the two 'Quarry Hunslets' affirmed for the Bala Lake Railway's Penrhyn quarry affair in June, Hugh Napier is seen in plain view in the new concourse at Kings Cross. PETER JOHNSON/SR Hugh Napier and Gwynedd, graciousness of the National Trust and Bressingham Steam Museum separately, have been affirmed to go to the three-day occasion, which commends what was once the biggest record quarry on the planet. The sets of 'Quarry Hunslets' - so named on the grounds that the plan worked only in the record quarries of North Wales - both worked at Penrhyn during their functioning lives. Gwynedd is one of three 0-4-0STs worked to a similar plan to work the sidings at Port Penrhyn, close to Bangor. The BLR's occupant Winifred - which was localized to Britain in 2012 in the wake of expenditure 50 years in the USA - is another, and it