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For the 2025 season the SGV have announced a new role for their paddle steamer Gallia. She will be offering an exclusive four hour cruise on Lake Lucerne every day

Three new paddle steamer captains for the CGN on Lake Geneva, Mrs. Sophie Aymon, as well as Mr. Dominique Jaunin and Mr. Rémy Gerber were sworn in on Wednesday, March

The official report has now been published into the damage caused to the CGN’s paddle steamer Simplon lying alongside the tiny pier at Cully on Lake Geneva in a storm

This is proving to be a busy winter for paddling on Lake Geneva. Not only have Rhone, Vevey and Italie been out on their weekend tourist trips from Geneva and

Around 3am on 11th September part of the Carola Bridge at Dresden collapsed blocking river traffic on the River Elbe. Fortunately nobody was injured. The bridge dates from 1971. It

The gold standard for top of the range presentation of paddle steamer engine rooms is found in Switzerland. Over the years KC’s engine has looked good. Sometimes less so. Sometimes

KC celebrated her Centenary with a combined steam railway and river trip on Thursday 26th September. After a welcoming cup of coffee at Paignton invited guests boarded the Dartmouth Steam

A big thank you to all at the River Dart Steam Railway and River Boat Company and Waverley for helping to make this meeting of the two paddle steamers such

Two 100th birthday flags representing KC’s two previous commercial lives one on the River Dart, the other on the Rivers Medway and Thames. From 1924 up to 1965 KC flew

Waverley is scheduled to make her first trip from Ipswich for 20 years on Saturday 23rd September with a second trip now scheduled for Thursday 5th October. Sailing down the

There was a buzz of excitement at Shoreham Port on Wednesday 13th September as Waverley arrived for her inaugural cruise from the Port. Around 650 passengers joined the ship for

Waverley is scheduled to sail along the Dorset Coast viewing Anvil Point, St Albans Head, Chapman’s Pool, Worbarrow Bay and on towards Lulworth Cove leaving Swanage at 13.40 back 16.40

The Sandstone Heritage Trust has just published a second book on the world famous Sandstone Steam Railway and Heritage collection in South Africa. “The Sandstone Steam Railway… the story continues”.

Retired Weymouth Harbourmaster and former Port of London Authority Director Peter Mole and Dave Richardson, who has spent forty years involved with steam trains in South Africa, took a “Steam

Waverley met up with Shieldhall off Bournemouth on Sunday 3rd September and in the western approaches to the Solent the following day. The Southampton based steamship Shieldhall had been staying

KC set off for her fund raising evening cruise shortly after that first sailing down to the castles at the entrance to the river and then up to White Rock

Here are a few pics of KC running her harbour cruises connecting with the steam railway on Sunday 13th August.

KC left Dartmouth at 5pm on Monday 31st July for her first visit up river to Totnes for some years. There was a good crowd aboard of old friends and

KC returned to service on Tuesday 25th July, after completing the first part of her major rebuild, taking the 11am Harbour Cruise from Dartmouth. For information about trips on KC

Ship and boat preservation is usually a battle. The elements are hostile, design life short and officialdom reluctant to support. This latest book looks at the preservation story over 40