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  • Heritage railways going to town!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Forget all the bluster about to the general election and Brexit: what is making Britain truly great again is the heritage railway sector! In the past month, attention has again focused on the East Coast Main Line, where a succession of steam, diesel and electric speed records were set, the latest being 101mph recorded by…

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  • ISSUE 228

    ISSUE 228

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CURRENT ISSUE: 228 – NEXT ISSUE: 229 – on sale June 2, 2017 News Headline News Peppercorn A1 Pacific Tornado hits 101mph in ‘secret’ overnight test run; Flying Scotsman stars in unique world-first four-train parallel running over the East Coast Main Line; debut Swanage-Wareham services to be locomotive hauled and Scots Guardsman’s ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’…

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  • Early spring blossoms for the first and foremost

    Early spring blossoms for the first and foremost

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FROM OUR ARCHIVES: 2016 The world’s most famous steam locomotive running on the world’s most popular heritage railway – under blue skies with plenty of sunshine: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway played host to Flying Scotsman in its first visit to a heritage line since the completion of its £4.2-million overhaul. Tickets were sold out…

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  • IN ISSUE 228 – on sale now!

    IN ISSUE 228 – on sale now!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    East Coast sunrise spectacular FLYING Scotsman – the locomotive which has the uncanny ability of writing world transport history without a second thought – has done it again. As helicopters circled overhead, global headlines and newsreel footage were generated on a steady production run after dawn on Sunday, April 23, when No. 60103 stood to…

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  • Tales of the Rails

    Tales of the Rails

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By John Fletcher (softback, The Nostalgia Collection, 320pp, £25 (+10% P&P), ISBN 978 1 85794 507 2 ) The author readily admits to not having had a lifelong love of railways and was at least 18 months old before getting hooked! writes Brian Sharpe. Influenced by his uncle who drove steam locomotives for a living,…

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  • Sir Nigel Gresley’s ‘007 Gang’

    Sir Nigel Gresley’s ‘007 Gang’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    WITH the ongoing overhaul of A4 4-6-2 No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley reported to be on schedule at York and Llangollen (boiler), it is likely that the 4-6-2’s return to the main line will coincide with the planned and permanent withdrawal of sister locomotive No. 60009 Union of South Africa. Then the national A4 line-up…

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  • Multi-million-pound Tyseley Locomotive Works project launched in March

    Multi-million-pound Tyseley Locomotive Works project launched in March

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Cedric Johns WHAT was described as a vision for the future was launched by Tyseley Locomotive Works chairman Michael Whitehouse on Saturday, March 18 when he officially unveiled plans for a multi-million project to redevelop Vintage Trains’ existing facilities as a major Midland tourist centre. The pre-publicised launch, held at nearby Tyseley Working Men’s…

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  • Royal support for Duke of Gloucester overhaul

    Royal support for Duke of Gloucester overhaul

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    Sam Hewitt

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    AS PART of the BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust’s ongoing efforts to raise funds to pay for the heavy overhaul of its unique BR three-cylinder 4-6-2 No. 71000, the human Duke of Gloucester has signed several prints taken from a new painting by Nick Trudgian. Commissioned by trust secretary Ron Mitchell, the painting depicts…

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  • Military fends off opposition in close-run battle

    Military fends off opposition in close-run battle

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With no Premier League heavyweight in the mix, the nameplate category at Great Central’s March 4 auction at Stoneleigh looked on paper to be a close call for top honours. And so it proved, with the leading three being less than £3000 apart, followed by another batch of three snapping at their heels Pride of…

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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 I make no apology for covering the work of Tornado again in this issue and in fact the theme is LNER locos on the GWR, which the Swindon fraternity might indeed feel requires an apology! It isn’t just that No. 60163 is a fine engine but trips out behind it are virtually…

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