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  • Extra Scotsman trips with RTC

    Extra Scotsman trips with RTC

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Although now in the middle of its busy summer season, the Railway Touring Company has taken an early opportunity to announce two extra excursions with Flying Scotsman in late autumn. The first of these, ‘The Cotswold Venturer’, departs Paddington on Saturday, October 28 heading for Worcester via the Cotswold Line and Evesham. The second train,…

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  • Bulleid Pacifics draw the crowds at Yeovil

    Bulleid Pacifics draw the crowds at Yeovil

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Cedric Johns The weekend of July 8/9 proved to be a busy period for the Yeovil Railway Centre volunteers when the appearance of two Bullied 4-6-2s drew crowds to the former Great Western transfer goods yard running alongside the Southern’s Junction station. The weekend, which coincided with the marking of the 50th anniversary of…

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  • When Londoners hopped on a train for a working holiday

    When Londoners hopped on a train for a working holiday

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Geoff Courtney A FEATURE of postwar life in Kent that brought tens of thousands of Londoners to the county but is now a distant memory is to be recalled by the Kent & East Sussex Railway at a steam gala weekend on September 9-10. The catalyst for the arrival of the capital’s East Enders…

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  • County Donegal Railway tanks set for major move?

    County Donegal Railway tanks set for major move?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Hugh Dougherty Two former County Donegal Railways 2-6-4 tank locomotives – Meenglass and Drumboe, built for the line by Nasmyth Wilson 110 years ago in 1907 – could be on the move later this year if funding plans work out. No. 4 Meenglas, currently on outdoor display at Derry/Londonderry’s Foyle Valley Railway Museum, may…

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  • Navvies from Virgin Trains in hard graft at heritage railway

    Navvies from Virgin Trains in hard graft at heritage railway

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Geoff Courtney Britain’s railway history is spread over many generations, and indeed centuries, and this has been no better illustrated than by a tie-up between the Middleton Railway, the world’s oldest working railway, and Virgin Trains, one of the new breed of operators. The Middleton Railway is based in Hunslet, Leeds – another name…

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  • ECML sunrise event wasn’t the first quadruple running

    ECML sunrise event wasn’t the first quadruple running

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I am an overseas subscriber to Heritage Railway and have just received my copy of issue 228. I was amused to read the claim made in the report of the East Coast sunrise spectacular that this event was ‘a unique world-first event.’ I would like to point out that at the annual Maitland Steamfest, which…

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  • All aboard the Jumbo Express

    All aboard the Jumbo Express

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Whipsnade Zoo railway leads a quiet existence and is rarely reported on. Peter Brown visited the railway for an update. The last time I visited the Whipsnade Steam Railway, I vividly recall seeing a giant Rhodesian steam locomotive and sleeping car in a siding towering above the much smaller-sized trains running past. Having learnt…

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  • South African steam: Western Cape steam revival

    South African steam: Western Cape steam revival

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The recent reopening of an 11-mile, formerly closed railway through Mitchell’s Pass in the Western Cape, South Africa, has resulted in new steam excursions by Ceres Rail using two British-built locomotives. Rodney Towers tells the story. The increasing activities of the Ceres Rail Company are generating excitement amongst steam enthusiasts in the Western Cape, South…

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  • WITH FULL REGULATOR LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

    WITH FULL REGULATOR LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Don Benn The week to Sunday, July 9, saw three main line special trains commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of steam worked trains on the Southern, plus a big gala at the Mid Hants Railway over two weekends, which included four working Bulleid Pacifics. The weather was generally fine and warm throughout…

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  • Remembering Geoff Bird – an LNER premium apprentice

    Remembering Geoff Bird – an LNER premium apprentice

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The death of Geoff Bird, York shedmaster between 1965 and 1980, was announced just before Christmas. Phil Marsh was fortunate enough to meet Geoff several times to record a fascinating railway career that spanned five decades. Geoff was born in Essex but his family were evacuated to Harrogate in 1939. He recalled the Tilbury tanks…

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