Sam Hewitt

Two Pannier tanks to Brymbo

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd April 2018

In the last days of BR steam there were some surprising workings, but in the days before mobile phones and the internet, reliable information could be hard to come by. Robert Anderson reports on one of the last passenger trains to be hauled by a Great Western pannier tank, which also involved an LNER Pacific…
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The Sumpter Valley Railroad

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd April 2018

Heritage lines in the United States come in a variety of shapes and sizes, all with their own individual history. Andrew Rapacz reports on an excellent weekend of steam in Oregon. Mention Oregon in the USA to railway enthusiasts and you might draw a blank. Some may know that the Daylight, a Southern Pacific express…
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WITH FULL REGULATOR: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd April 2018

By Don Benn This time I am devoting the whole article to the engine of the moment, LMS Jubilee 5XP 4-6-0 No. 45699 Galatea. In the days just after its return to the main line it was an indifferent performer but for the last year it has been transformed into a top class locomotive, capable…
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Enjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd April 2018

By David John Hindle (hardback, Silver Link, 160pp, £25, ISBN 978 1 85794 497 6) Covering the Furness Railway route from Carnforth via Barrow-in-Furness to Workington, this book contains the expected history and description of the route, but as the title suggests it is much more than that. It not only gives railway enthusiasts and…
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‘Lizzie’ on the move

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

Stanier 4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth turned a wheel on the main line, albeit without con rods, on Thursday, February 22, when the big red engine was taken in tow by a West Coast diesel – destination Carnforth for a new beginning. New beginning? Was it for a change of ownership, hinted at in some…
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Did Cromwell run short of coal?

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

By Cedric Johns All sorts of rumours flew around linesides when BR 4-6-2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell ‘failed’ when working a Valentine’s Day evening trip to Windsor & Eton Riverside and back to Victoria on February 14. It had been a long day, the 7P leaving Southall at 6.45am on the morning of Valentine’s Day…
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Mid-Hants begins 50th anniversary year

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

This year sees the 50th anniversary of the end of standard gauge steam on British Railways. It all happened in Lancashire in 1968 but with one of Carnforth’s last LMS ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s being in Hampshire for the early part of 2018, the Mid Hants Railway had an opportunity too good to miss. The ‘Black…
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Seacows help lift SVR speed restriction

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

By Paul Appleton SIX Seacow bogie ballast wagons, acquired by the Severn Valley Railway from DB Cargo in March last year, have seen regular use over the winter on ballasting work, along with recently repainted ‘Shark’ brakevan (plough) No. DB993876, another arrival in 2017. Work during the winter six-week shutdown has included finishing repairs to…
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Railway preservation first set for Whitstable

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

THE locomotive which started the world railway preservation movement is set to return. It was in 1839 that Invicta, the 20th locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway, was placed into storage after failing to find a buyer. This came nine years after the opening of the…
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New £2.5m push to Cricklade

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2018

THE Swindon & Cricklade Railway has launched a £2.5 million fundraising drive so it can extend northwards into the second town in its name. Nearly six decades after track was lifted from the Midland & South Western Junction Railway route, the heritage line wants to extend to a new station site in Cricklade, which will…
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