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  • A major challenge to the heritage sector

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It was always going to be the keynote occasion of the year, but the glorious sunshine in the second week of July made certain of that. The series of main line specials marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern Region steam proved to be the outstanding success that the occasion merited, and accordingly…

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  • ISSUE 231

    ISSUE 231

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    Sam Hewitt

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    NEWS Headline News National Railway Museum head Paul Kirkman steps down; investigation launched after child nearly falls through hole in moving carriage floor on South Devon Railway; shock death of auction house boss rocks railwayana movement and Wolverton Works demolition begins. News Flying Scotsman and Tornado for big Barrow Hill September reopening; royal visit for…

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  • Coal Fear is no smoke screen

    Coal Fear is no smoke screen

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Friday, December 18, 2015 saw the end of deep coalmining in Britain when Kellingley Colliery was closed, and with it came fears from steam enthusiasts that the heritage railway movement was going to suffer as a direct result. Peter Brown canvasses opinion from the industry. Suggestions from some enthusiasts were rife and equally gloomy that…

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  • East Coast Pacifics to the rescue!

    East Coast Pacifics to the rescue!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Flying Scotsman’s last run for BR was in the ‘Big Freeze’ in January 1963. Robert Anderson recalls that at the time many of Scotsman’s sister A3 Pacifics had a last spell of frontline express service as a result of the new diesels on the East Coast Main Line not taking kindly to the freezing temperatures…

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  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Yorkshire’s East Riding is a rare stamping ground for steam these days and rarely visited by enthusiasts. Chris Gee presents his selection of views of classic steam on the surviving routes in the area in recent years. Until the mid-1960s there were a number of railway routes criss-crossing this agricultural ‘county of the Broad Acres’.…

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  • Narrow Gauge new-build at Scarborough

    Narrow Gauge new-build at Scarborough

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The North Bay Railway saw a new steam engine unveiled in 2016 and more are to follow. Mark Smithers reviews the progress on its latest new-build projects. New Bagnall-pattern Sipat class 0-4-0ST Georgina made its public debut on the 20in-gauge North Bay Railway on March 23, 2016. At the time, more locomotive projects were in…

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  • Jubilee Leander’s return less than straightforward

    Jubilee Leander’s return less than straightforward

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Brian Sharpe LMS Jubilee No. 45690 Leander returned to main line service in June with a couple of trips over the Hope Valley route for the Railway Touring Company but things did not go according to plan. The engine had made a main line test run from Carnforth to Hellifield and back on May…

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  • ‘NYMR’ diners to Cromer a sell-out success

    ‘NYMR’ diners to Cromer a sell-out success

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Yorkshire Moors Railway oversee the training of North Norfolk Railway drivers to operate on the main line. The Office of Rail & Road has authorised an addendum to the NYMR’s Safety Case for operating on the Esk Valley Line, so it can run dining trains on the Poppy Line between Holt, Sheringham, and over the…

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  • ‘Jacobite’ in the money big time!

    ‘Jacobite’ in the money big time!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    WEST Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ summer steam service is featured on the new Bank of Scotland £10 note. The new polymer note, designed by banknote manufacturer De La Rue, which will enter circulation in the autumn, will keep the portrait of Sir Walter Scott on the front alongside the image of The Mound, the bank’s historic…

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  • ‘Number nine’ returns to the main line

    ‘Number nine’ returns to the main line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Cedric Johns After an 18-month wait for A4 followers and owner John Cameron to see and hear 4-6-2 No. 60009 Union of South Africa back on the main line, further valve repairs were carried out and ‘number nine’ was given a test run from York to Scarborough on June 16. The next day, the…

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