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As you may have read in the railway press, our home railway has suffered a devastating embankment failure on the section of line between...

We are delighted to announce the appearance of 50033 Glorious at “The Greatest Gathering “ event being held at Alstom Works in Derby 1st...

50035 Ark Royal will be operating our first passenger service of the season on Saturday 15th February on the Severn Valley Railway...

50007 Hercules to return home to the Severn Valley Railway on Friday 7th February 0Z50 09:10 Reading Traincare Depot - Hinksey Sidings...

The sunshine may have been unpredictable at the The “Greatest Gathering” launch on Thursday 30th January, but our locomotive certainly...

The Fifty Fund Alliance are delighted to have been invited to provide a locomotive for the official launch event for The “Greatest...

The Fifty Fund - Alliance would like to wish all our supporters and shareholders a healthy and prosperous 2025. We have lots of exciting...

A evening photoshoot was held at the Severn Valley Railway, as part of their Autumn Diesel Bash in October. Photo D Hector 4 of our...

What a wonderful 4 days we have had at the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Bash with 50033, 50035, 50007 and 50049 all making...

This popular 4 day event will have some special visiting locomotives joining the home fleet line up, which includes 4 of our fleet....

Today we worked in conjunction with Hanson & Hall in order to collect and deliver 58023 from Leicester LIP to Kidderminster SVR. This...

We are pleased to report that 50007 Hercules & 50049 Defiance have returned to our home base after their repaint into classic large logo...

We are pleased to share progress with the repaint of Hercules & Defiance this week at Arlington Fleet Services,Eastleigh. 50007 Hercules...

Details for 50033 move to the West Somerset Railway for the their upcoming Summer Diesel Festival have been released....

50033 Glorious has made a successful return to traffic today on the Severn Valley Railway. 18 months after her last appearance which has...

Fine sunny weather along with a fantastic line up of diesels ensured the Severn Valley Railway Spring Diesel Festival (16th -19th May)was...

Bodywork repairs have been carried out on 50007 & 50049 at Kidderminster SVR the past few weeks by our expert welder,Ian Williams. 50049...

The Class 50 Alliance and The Fifty Fund are pleased to announce their "Tag the Tank" fund-raising appeal, an initiative whereby you can...

The refurbishment of 50033 continues at Kidderminster SVR this weekend after months of work stripping,repairing and cleaning its time to...

The Class 50 Alliance was presented with the Rail Express Magazine Modern Traction Award 2024 by editor, Richard Clinnick at the Heritage...