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  • Pullman car moves to restaurant

    Pullman car moves to restaurant

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    Sam Hewitt

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    An interesting carriage has recently appeared in the car park of an Indian restaurant at Polhill near Sevenoaks in Kent. There is a plate on the underframe showing ‘LNWR Wolverton 1908.’ It carries BR-type electric charging points. On each bogie are chalked ‘PE/DO 01/11,’ which make it appear that it may have run within the…

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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 In this 50th anniversary year of the end of steam on the Southern I am covering a few recent runs on the Bournemouth line and also looking back to 1967 to set the recent 100mph exploit of Tornado into the context of similar events 50 years ago. With nine coaches for 315…

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  • FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS – FREDERICK W HAWKSWORTH, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

    FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS – FREDERICK W HAWKSWORTH, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

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    Sam Hewitt

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      In another occasional series of historical reviews of ‘Big Four’ locomotive engineers, Cedric Johns highlights the career of Frederick W Hawksworth, who succeeded Charles Collett in 1941… In retrospect, the final years of Frederick Hawksworth’s engineering career at Swindon were cut short by political events beyond his control when the 1945, postwar general election…

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  • TV historian opens new Exbury extension

    TV historian opens new Exbury extension

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TREADING in the footsteps of royalty, TV historian Dan Snow opened the new quarter-mile extension to Hampshire’s Exbury Gardens Railway on April 11. The 12¼in gauge line, opened in 2001 as an added attraction alongside the award-winning gardens, has welcomed many famous guests including the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall…

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  • Lottery grant for Welshpool & Llanfair’s African heritage

    Lottery grant for Welshpool & Llanfair’s African heritage

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway has received a £22,800 grant towards a project to create an African train. During its heritage era, the railway has regularly looked beyond our shores for locomotives and rolling stock, because it is built to the comparatively rare gauge of 2ft 6in. One source of rolling stock was Sierra…

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  • Swanage bumper Bulleid bonanza draws record crowds

    Swanage bumper Bulleid bonanza draws record crowds

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    Sam Hewitt

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    STEAM returned with a vengeance to the sunny south to mark the 50th anniversary of its passing on the region’s main line – as the Swanage Railway held its most successful gala ever. The March 31-April 2 Strictly Bulleid event not only starred the largest number of working Bulleid Pacific locomotives since the summer of…

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  • Swanage Railway given National Collection T3 4-4-0

    Swanage Railway given National Collection T3 4-4-0

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A UNIQUE LSWR 4-4-0 has returned to its home territory – after the National Railway Museum gifted it to the Swanage Railway. The ownership of Adams T3 No. 563 has been transferred to the Purbeck Line, after it was decided that Victorian and Edwardian 4-4-0s are otherwise well represented in Britain’s National Collection. Never having…

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  • Suburban travel to the fore on Norfolk coast

    Suburban travel to the fore on Norfolk coast

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A SET of four restored suburban coaches is now running on the North Norfolk Railway following the completion of a joint £250,000 project between the Poppy Line and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The set was officially launched at Sheringham station at 11.30am on Saturday, April 15. followed by the coaches being hauled for the first…

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  • Standard tank moves under its own power after major overhaul

    Standard tank moves under its own power after major overhaul

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Geoff Courtney FORMER Swanage Railway-based Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80078 moved under its own power on April 8 for the first time in seven years following its purchase from Southern Locomotives Ltd by former BR trainee civil engineer Stewart Robinson. The 2-6-4T was a stalwart of the London Tilbury & Southend Line in its…

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  • Variety show at Stoneleigh as BB is set to take top honours

    Variety show at Stoneleigh as BB is set to take top honours

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Variety will be the spice of life at Stoneleigh on June 3, when nameplates from all the Big Four will fight for attention in Great Central’s summer auction, comprising five from the GWR, three apiece from the SR and LMS, and one from the LNER. Top of the tree will surely be 257 Squadron with…

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