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Donor engine back from the dead
17 May 2012
REBUILT Bulleid Battle of Britain Pacific No. 34053 Sir Keith Park arrived at the Severn Valley Railway on May 11 for the completion of its ‘back from the dead’ overhaul.
Furness No. 20 hauls royal train
17 May 2012.
Britain’s oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive hauled a special one-coach royal train on the Severn Valley Railway when the Duke of Gloucester unveiled a plaque to mark the line’s 150th anniversary.
Furness Railway No. 20 was built in 1863 by Sharp Stewart & Co. of Manchester as one of a batch of eight 0-4-0 tender locomotives supplied between 1863 and 1866.
It is therefore a year younger than the Shrewsbury-Bewdley-Hartlebury Junction route, part of which is now the country’s second most popular heritage line.
Cheltenham to steam at Railfest
11 May 2012.
Southern Railway V Schools 4-4-0 No. 925 Cheltenham has returned to steam after 30 years on display with National Railway Museum – and is set to run at the Railfest 2012 event where it will be one of the star attractions.
HRH Duke of Gloucester gives royal seal to SVR’s 150th anniversary
11 May 2012.
The 150th anniversary of the Severn Valley Railway has been given royal recognition, with the official visit to the Kidderminster-Bridgnorth steam heritage line by HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG, DCVO, on a day of special commemoration on Monday, May 14.
Electric museum stages free open weekend
11 May 2012.
Sixty years of technological innovation will be celebrated in Coventry, as Electric Railway Museum hosts the next in its ever-popular series of open weekends.
Tornado to head Diamond Jubilee ‘Elizabethan’
11 May 2012.
New-build £3-million Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado is to head a special Diamond Jubilee recreation of ‘The Elizabethan’.
Coaches arrive for Waverley Route
11 May 2012.
Two coaches from the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) at Ruddington are to form the special train which will mark the first services over the legendary Waverley route since 1969.
Darlington aims to be best for railway heritage
11 May 2012.
A new group which aims to make Darlington a focal point for railway heritage has been established.
Two ‘Black Fives’ arrive at Barry Rail Centre
10 May 2012.
Two ‘Black Fives’ arrived at the Barry Rail Centre via its mail line connection on Sunday, May 6.
Ten years of passenger services on the revived Corris Railway
10 May 2012.
On June 3 the Corris Railway will run a special service to mark the tenth anniversary of the reinstatement of passenger services since its revival.
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