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Short Post From Me (Harry) Today, Following On From Jordon's Post For The Flying Sc otsman. Today,  I Bring You All Updates For Its Next Few Events.... On 25th June it will be on 'The Yorkshireman', running from London Victoria to York, followed by 'The Hadrian' on 2nd July between Leicester and Carlisle. We will bring you the latest updates of this on our own Blog Social Media feeds, Facebook.com/GBRailScene and Twitter @TheGBRailScene. Another opportunity to see the Scotsman is on the 10th July and 17th July, when it runs 'The Waverley' from York to Carlisle. Timings will be available closer to the time, on RealTimeTrains and many other sites.

Jordon here today, for my first post. I'm just covering posts this summer before going my own way. So I'll bring some photos of the recent Flying Scotsman run as well as photos taken at Eastleigh. It ran from Paddington to Salisbury via Southampton then  back to London on the 21st May, followed by touring the Surrey Hills earlier today. I was not trespassing to take this, it's taken through a gap in the fence. 

The Swanage Railway, running from Swanage to Norden is currently going under extensive work to formally re-extend the line to Wareham, (and effectively the mainline). Whilst the track has been used several times to transport trains to the Heritage line, along with specials, no services go from Wareham to the branch or vice versa. To get to the Swanage Railway from Wareham at the moment, bus or taxi are the current modes of transport on offer. (Apart from on the trial running days that are being used to test the line and services). A £1.47 million grant from the Coastal Communities Fund has paid to upgrade track and bridges and two 1960s heritage diesel trains to mainline running standards so that the service extension can take place.

Aydan here now, for my input on recent events. Further to  Harry's post for the Mid-Norfolk Railway Diesel Gala,  between 1st April and 3rd April, I now bring you some of my own photos too. Here is  66426 , suprisingly at the gala.  This wasn't planned, but it stepped in when  56006  suffered fault at Leicester. For some videos of the event, we recommend you to go and visit  Steve's Bus And Train blog . A full review of the day there too.

The Mid Norfolk Railway's Annual Spring Diesel Gala took place on Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April. A variety of locomotives visited the event, but the main spectacle was of course 41101 and three MK3 carriages, recently overhauled by the owners  from The 125 Group . The MK3s come in the form of ex-VirginWestCoast Buffet 10206, SO 12092 and First Class 11074 - as we announced previously. 

Hello, Lewis here. This post is all about my trip on The Cathedrals Express from Southend to Stratofrd-upon-Avon. On Saturday 22nd August I traveled on The Cathedrals Express, operated by Steam Dreams from Southend Victoria to Stratford-upon-Avon. I started the day by going down to Hockley station to see the empty coaching stock pass through from Southall to Southend Victoria. The ECS was headed by West Coast Railway Company 47760 and on the rear was 47746. The majority of trips now operated by Steam Dreams are diesel hauled to/from WCRC's base of Southall. On the outward trip 47746 was leading and that took the train as far as Hanwell Bridge Loop where both diesel locomotives detached from the train and steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower attahced for the trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. The first stop after Hockley was Wickford followed by Shenfield and Stratford. Not many trains travel through both Stratford London and Stratford-upon-Avon in one trip surely? The route from Str...