Sam Hewitt

How the LNWR coach ended up at an Indian restaurant

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2017

I was interested in the letter and photo of the carriage in the car park from Roger Davenport (Platform issue 228), as at one time I owned this vehicle. Firstly, it is not a Pullman Car but the sole remaining Semi-Royal saloon from the LNWR Royal Train of 1903, of which the main carriages of…
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Ecuador: our last great railway adventure!

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2017

I read with interest the article Steam Miracle Ecuador by Maurice Burns in issue 225. My wife and I travelled over the Guayaquil to Quito railway between August 20-28, 2005 and what an incredible journey it was. We had three engines in steam: 2-6-0 No. 11 from Duran to Yaguachi and return, 2-8-0 No. 17…
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No surprise as BB nameplate is the star at Stoneleigh

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2017

RAILWAYANA: By Geoff Courtney A nameplate from Bulleid Pacific No. 34072 257 Squadron reinforced the status of the class as firmly in the elite category by selling for £33,500 at Great Central’s auction at Stoneleigh on June 3. To some these SR Battle of Britain class plates are not the most aesthetic, but when, as…
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WITH FULL REGULATOR: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2017

By Don Benn In this 50th anniversary year of the end of steam on the Southern, much is being written about the last year, 1967 and specifically about the last few weeks, so this time, although I am writing about Southern steam, I am covering some performances from earlier years, prior to the final run…
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A visit to a dump

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2017

Many pre-Grouping steam engines soldiered on until the end of the 1950s but were then withdrawn faster than the locomotive works were able to scrap them. Robert Anderson recalls a trip to see some vintage steam power dumped in a remote corner of Lancashire in 1959. By the mid to late 1950s most of us…
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The sunny south smiles again!

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2017

Fifty years after the end of Southern steam, passenger services are running again over the entire length of one of the fabled seaside branch lines that served the south coast. While the Swanage Railway has long been hailed as a perfect microcosm of the Southern Railway/Region as it was in the days of steam, it…
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Antiques expert opens new Ravenglass museum

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2017

BC’s Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury was scheduled to open the new Ravenglass Railway Museum on Saturday, June 24. The museum will open to the public from 3pm, after Paul, the author of numerous railway history books, has performed the official opening. A nine-month redevelopment of the project gained £488,700 of Heritage Lottery Funding in…
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Restoration award for Wemyss Bay station walkway

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2017

By Hugh Dougherty THE Royal Chartered Institute of Surveyors has presented Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited with its Scotland Infrastructure award for its sensitive £1 million restoration of the timber walkway connecting Wemyss Bay ferry terminal with Wemyss Bay station. The grade A listed walkway, completed in 1903, along with the ornate Caledonian Railway station, both…
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S&D joint line veteran coach back on track

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2017

A COACH which ran over the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway main line in its last week in service has returned. The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, which has restored Midsomer Norton station, have taken delivery of BR Mk.1 BSO brake No. E9267. The coach arrived in Somerset on Monday, May 8, having made…
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£25 steam loco celebrates 50 years in preservation

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2017

By Geoff Courtney A veteran steam locomotive bought for £25 after its withdrawal in the 1960s, that has become a favourite with visitors to a West Sussex railway, is celebrating 50 years in preservation. It is Polar Bear, a 2-4-0T built by W G Bagnall and now a star attraction on Amberley Museum’s 2ft gauge…
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