Sam Hewitt

Celebrity launch for Lady of Legend

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

TV presenter and former member of the British Railways Board Prue Leith is to launch the Great Western Society’s new Churchward Saint 4-6-0 No. 2999 Lady of Legend at Didcot Railway Centre at 11am on Friday, April 5. The event will mark the start of three steaming days at the centre. Prue was a judge…
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First World War Baldwin tank to debut at Welsh gala

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

A LOCOMOTIVE that is an example of a type which ran on the original Welsh Highland Railway is to be one of the stars of the revived line’s major June 21-23 heritage event. Repatriated Baldwin 10-12-D 4-6-0T No. 45190 (War Department Light Railways No. 1058 and 608) has been named as the third visitor for…
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Toplight next in line for WSR carriages project

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

THE West Somerset Steam Railway Trust has reaffirmed its decision to restore GWR toplight TK No. 3639 as the next phase of its heritage carriages project. No. 3639 has a rich history as a passenger carriage, an ambulance coach and a camping coach prior to its acquisition by the trust. The 2016 decision to proceed…
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Sixty years on, the world waits to see UP ‘Big Boy’ steam again

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

ONE of the legendary Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’ 4-8-8-4s is nearing the end of its landmark restoration to working order, in time for celebrations to mark the company’s 150th anniversary of the First Transcontinental Railroad’s Golden Spike on May 10. The golden spike was the final spike driven to join the rails connecting the Central…
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Pegler’s daughter to wave off Scotsman at Swanage

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

THE daughter of the late Alan Pegler, who in 1963 bought Flying Scotsman for £3000 from BR to save it from the scrapyard, is to wave it off when it hauls its first train at the start of its three-week visit. Penny Vaudoyer will be flying in from her home in Portugal to perform the…
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Your Gallery | Mayflower & Flying Scotsman

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Sam Hewitt

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29th March 2019

Clive Brandon sent in these wonderful pictures, keep them coming!
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Your Gallery | Flying Scotsman at Swanage

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2019

James Taverner sent in this photo of the Flying Scotsman at Swanage.
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Swindon Works horse dray found

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

A GWR horse dray has been discovered in a domestic garage in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, having been stored there since the early 1960s. It was among the property of a deceased gentleman who formerly worked for the railway at Swindon Works. An ideal museum or large collection item, the sprung-mounted dray bears the works…
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Swindon & Cricklade launches appeal to refurbish Mk.1 disabled coach Laura

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

THE Swindon & Cricklade Railway has launched an appeal for funds to renovate one of its most important and popular Mk.1 carriages. For many years, the line has run a modified 60ft carriage, built in Swindon Works, for disabled passengers and wheelchair users. It was named Laura at the request of the Hills Group, the…
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Mystery boiler dug up in Omagh could be from GNR(I) loco

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

By Hugh Dougherty A STEAM locomotive boiler dug up by contractors working at the site of the former locomotive shed at Omagh, County Tyrone, on February 8, might have come from a Great Northern Railway of Ireland locomotive. However, a mystery now surrounds the find, for Omagh shed – which closed 54 years ago on…
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