Sam Hewitt

Issue 252 out now!

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Sam Hewitt

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15th March 2019

West Somerset saved from the brink! Tornado is back! Blue Caley joins Cotswold Festival of Steam! Issue 252 of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot!
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New beginning for Blaenau & Trawsfynydd group

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

THE Blaenau Ffestiniog & Trawsfynydd Railway Society is set for a new dawn, after members came together to vote on a fresh beginning and a new approach to returning trains to the line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd Lake Halt. The outcome of their voting on Sunday, February 3 resulted in the creation of a…
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Summer season at Launceston for Darjeeling engine 10 years on

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

DARJEELING Himalayan Railway Sharp Stewart 0-4-0STT No. 19B is to return to the Launceston Steam Railway after 10 years for a summer visit hauling passenger trains. The only DHR locomotive outside India, and owned by former Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter, No. 19B ran on the Cornish line in August and September 2009. At Launceston,…
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Caley Blue 419 adds Broadway to English tour

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 has added the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam to its biggest-ever tour of England. No. 419 will star in the May 25-27 festival alongside another blue guest, GWR 4-6-0 No. 6023 Edward II from Didcot Railway Centre. A third guest will be B1 4-6-0 No. 1260 from the…
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Terrier finale

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

By Martin Creese A SOUND synonymous with a little corner of England will fall silent for a while during March, as former LBSCR ‘Terrier’ No. 32678 is being withdrawn from traffic for its 10-yearly overhaul. That corner of England is the Kent & East Sussex Railway, a line which has featured locomotives of the class…
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Two Barry locomotives return in one weekend!

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

PRESERVATION history was made over the weekend of March 2/3 when two steam locomotives that have been restored to working order from Barry scrapyard condition were officially launched into traffic. It took a total of 77 years for BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80097 and WR 4-6-0 Modified Hall No. 6989 Wightwick Hall to be…
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Whirlwind through Wensleydale

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

February’s high-profile visit of Peppercorn A1 No. 60163 Tornado to the Wensleydale Railway not only brought in the crowds and saw sell-out-trains well out of the peak season, but also highlighted the still-to-be-unlocked full potential of this scenic route as a heritage line. Robin Jones reports. It seems that the dales had never seen anything…
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Brighton Belle on course for main line

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

Gordon Rushton, 5BEL trustee, tells the story of the project to re-create the famous Brighton Belle luxury dining train, from its inception to how it is bringing back 1930s Art Deco finery to the main line – and how the challenges of complying with current and future regulations have been overcome. Additional reporting by Gareth…
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Counting their blessings

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

As the Churchward County Trust celebrates its first anniversary, project leader Gary Boyd-Hope explains more about the scheme to build GWR 4-4-0 No. 3840 County of Montgomery and the Trust’s successes of the past year. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 was a pretty ordinary day for the majority of the UK population. It was largely overcast everywhere,…
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YOUR GALLERY | NO. 4079 ‘PENDENNIS CASTLE’

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

“Since its repatriation from Australia in July 2000 GWR 4-6-0 No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ has been at the Great Western Society’s Didcot Railway Centre. Restoration is now in its final stages and the locomotive has been moved from the workshops to the main shed.” “The loco is seen here on February 24 of this year…
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