Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the TRHA! We wish to take this opportunity to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our readers and especially to all of our volunteers, supporters and visitors who were so instrumental in our museum having had such

Click on each image for a closer look! During a brief afternoon stopover in York, we paid a visit to the National Railway Museum at York. As part of the trip, we wanted to return the visits of Charlie Bird and Adrian Ashby who spent time at the TRHC this

Click on each image for a closer look! The railway heritage of Bridgnorth is not limited to the Severn Valley Railway, as the town is split in to into the “High” town on the rocky outcropping, and the “Low” town built along the river, getting between the two parts has

Click on each image for a closer look! Here is a report on some recent activity in the Roundhouse: “Michael Guy and I completed scraping and cleaning out as much of the accumulated sludge in the #1’s engine bay as we could. Then we moved on to preparing it for

Click on each image for a closer look! Running a railway using steam locomotives, the youngest of which are north of 60 years old (excepting 2008’s Tornado), is a very difficult and time consuming job. The Bridgnorth Motive Power Depot is the main restoration and running shed for the lines

Click on each image for a closer look! One of the major recent accomplishments of the Severn Valley Railway was the opening of The Engine House in 2008. The new museum aims to cover several goals for the railway, providing a reason to stop at one of the intermediate stations,

The Severn Valley Railway Steam Gala (Continued) During the visit, I used my small point and shoot camera to take some videos, I am by no means a videographer, and the combination of my camera and limited video skills, these are not the most outstanding videos, but they capture the

Not to be outdone by the CP’s Holiday Train, our own Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) is operating its own holiday train. In the video above created by James Hoffman of North Bay, ONR #1809 arrives at the North Bay station with the First Inaugural Christmas Train bringing the holiday spirit

Click on each image for a closer look! The Severn Valley Railway Steam Gala (Continued) After a day on Friday spent mostly riding the trains, Saturday and Sunday were days out in the field with the galleries of photographers looking for shots and opportunities to get good pictures, as always,

Click on each image for a closer look! The Severn Valley Railway Steam Gala In September of 2011, TRHA volunteers Stephen Gardiner and Heather Meger took a trip in September to the UK to visit family, but as part of the trip, we made time to visit the Severn Valley