Sam Hewitt

Minehead sells prairie to Dart Valley to cut liabilities

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

THE West Somerset Railway has sold GWR Large Prairie No. 4110 to the Dart Valley Railway plc in the latest of a series of robust measures to reduce its liabilities. WSR plc placed the unrestored former Minehead branch locomotive on sale before Christmas. It was bought from the Southall Railway Great Western Preservation Group in…
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He was the greatest!

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE rail industry and the heritage sector joined forces to pay tribute to Sir William McAlpine, who many regard as one of the greatest figures – if not the greatest – of the preservation movement. A special memorial trip, the ‘Scotsman’s Salute’ ran from King’s Cross to York on Friday, January 11, headed by none…
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He was the greatest!

by

Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE rail industry and the heritage sector joined forces to pay tribute to Sir William McAlpine, who many regard as one of the greatest figures – if not the greatest – of the preservation movement. A special memorial trip, the ‘Scotsman’s Salute’ ran from King’s Cross to York on Friday, January 11, headed by none…
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Talyllyn buys prime land next to Tywyn’s Pendre Works

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought a key piece of land alongside its Pendre Works, comprising two cottages on Frankwell Street and land opposite the West Shed at Pendre known as ‘The Orchard’. General manager Stuart Williams said: “The price being asked for both cottages and the land was deemed to be reasonable, and so…
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From Tate Gallery exec to heritage line train driver

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

By Geoff Courtney Laura Wright, chief executive of the award-winning Mail Rail visitor attraction in central London, became a train driver for the day on January 18, when she swapped her role for hands-on training at the controls of one of the line’s trains. Laura joined The Postal Museum, which incorporates Mail Rail, last June…
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Aberdeen tram returns north after donation to Grampian museum

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

By Hugh Dougherty AN Aberdeen tram has returned to the north east of Scotland after six years at Dundee Museum of Transport. Aberdeen Corporation Transport No. 15, a Brush-built open-topper of 1901, later fitted with a top cover, was withdrawn and sold out of service 90 years ago in 1929. The only Aberdeen electric tram…
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Delight at NRM as last LNER bravery medal joins the first

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

EXCLUSIVE By Geoff Courtney A bravery medal awarded to employees by the LNER over a period of just six years, is to be commemorated by the National Railway Museum after it had acquired one of the very first and one of the last presented under the scheme. Announcing the launch of the medal in 1941…
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King’s Cross to go narrow gauge for spring half-term

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

TWO narrow gauge locomotives that once worked on slate mines in Snowdonia are to take pride of place at King’s Cross station. The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways will be bringing Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST Velinheli and de Winton vertical-boilered locomotive Chaloner for display at the station’s ticket hall from February 16-24. The railway has previously…
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Welshpool given £95K grant for enhanced visitor facilities

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

WHEN the first trains ran on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway on April 4, 1903, motor cars were still a rarity – now an £89,000 Welsh Government grant for a series of improvements to the line will include the provision of charging points for electric vehicles, which are seen by some as the future…
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Road transfer of iconic steam locomotive is music to preservationists’ ears

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

By Geoff Courtney ONE of the United States’ most iconic preserved locomotives is to undergo a major restoration following its eagerly-awaited road transfer across the busy city of Nashville in an operation that cost £390,000, took two years to plan, and involved a self-propelled, electrically-driven, 24-wheeled trailer that was controlled and manoeuvred by just one…
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