The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new November issue is out now! Depot facilities at Heaton in Newcastle have been vital to meeting railway maintenance needs for 150 years, dealing during that time with everything from steam locomotives and early third-rail electric trains to HSTs and ‘Azumas’. A group of East Anglian railfans have launched a project to build a new Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway C Class 4-4-0 from the 1890s, as Chris Eden-Green reports.