Sam Hewitt

British India Line ‘farewell’ tribute to charter pioneer Nigel Dobbing

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

King’s Lynn-based The Railway Touring Company organised the tribute to Nigel, who established the company in the town 22 years ago.
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Your Gallery | Battle of Britain 34072 “257 Squadron

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

Battle of Britain Class 34072 “257 Squadron” departs Swanage.
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Your Gallery | SR U Class 31806

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

James Taviner sent in this photo of SR U Class 31806 shunting the Good Train.
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Your Gallery | 6233 ‘The Yorkshireman’

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

LMS Stanier Pacific 4-6-2 No 6233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, sent in by Alan Burkwood.
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Second Duchess joins line-up at Dreweatts’ transport sale

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

A second LMS Duchess has joined the ranks of the Dreweatts’ Transport Sale of live steam models on March 12. It is No. 6231 Duchess of Atholl, built in 5in gauge by gold medal-winning model engineer John Richardson of Halifax using works’ drawings and is in the livery the Pacific carried when it emerged from…
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It’s high fives as GW Railwayana lives up to its name

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

With a selection of five GWR nameplates, supported by six GWR cabsides and five smokebox numberplates from named locomotives, GW Railwayana will be living up to its name at its March 16 auction, although both the LMS and Southern Railway get a slice of the action. The five GWR nameplates are Wardour Castle and Neath…
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Allan ‘did not design Crewe-type’ engines: there’s more to the story

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

I enjoyed reading issue 250 of Heritage Railway and was delighted to find an interesting article by Brian Sharpe regarding 1840s locomotive engineers. As a professional railway historian studying and writing about the period 1830-50, it is always nice to see something – anything – from the earlier 19th century. However, I feel I need…
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Steam at St Margarets in the Fifties

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

In issue 249, I enjoyed Gavin Morrison’s retro look at Holbeck shed’s last years of service in the 1960s. My memories of this atmospheric Midland Railway ‘Cathedral of Steam’ are from a decade or so earlier when steam ruled the rails and ex-Midland and LMS locomotives dominated. In my school days when I had rare…
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Searching for lost NER network tile maps

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

I have been conducting research regarding lost NER network tile maps, which are basically of three types, and am trying to ascertain whether readers of Heritage Railway are aware of the existence of an updated version of the map in any country house which they have visited or even own. The updated versions show, among…
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Stop riveting boilers and run steam on vegetable oils

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Sam Hewitt

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11th March 2019

AS we look forward to the future of our railway, yet another year has gone by. I feel there are challenges looming on the horizon for us all, as the public, local authorities and politicians are now much more informed on the issues of the environment we live in – global warming is now a…
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