Monthly Archives: May 2023

New book published by ASTT titled “Reminiscences of a Trainspotter”

By Chris NewmanMay 30, 2023AST News

Breaking away from our normal focus on steam loco technology, we have just published a new book by David Wardale which he has titled “Reminiscences of a Trainspotter”.  Wardale describes it as “the story of his passage through the 1960s” and shows the incredible variety of locomotive shapes that could be seen on BR in […]

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Help Ukraine (and save a diesel!)

By Chris NewmanMay 1, 2023AST News

Dāvis Bušs, our member from Latvia, is seeking donations to save a diesel-electric locomotive fitted with a 50kW diesel generator that is big enough to power really large consumers such as a hospital, etc.  After the war, it would become a museum exhibit. A summary of the project can be found at http://kudrasbanitis.lv/index.php/en/projects/187-locomotive-esu2a-for-ukraine including a […]

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