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Your Gallery | 60163 ‘Tornado’

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Sam Hewitt

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21st January 2019

Check out Roger’s pic of the 60163 ‘Tornado’.
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Your Gallery: Helston Railway’s Winter Steam Up!

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

Check out Brian’s pictures, both taken from Helston Railway’s Winter Steam Up! SDJR Peckett 0-4-0ST Kilmersdon is seen at Truthall Halt on 5th January 2019, during the Helston Railway Winter Steam Up. On loan from the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at Washford, 0-4-0ST Kilmersdon prepares to depart from Prospidnick Halt on 5th January 2019,…
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Your Gallery: 4003 Lode Star NRM

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star during a busy day at the NRM in York on Saturday 11th January. Want to feature your pictures on everything Heritage Railway? Then get involved! Click here and fill in the form with your amazing photos!
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Your Gallery: LMS Princess Coronation Class Pacific No. 6233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

Heritage Railway reader Frank Thurlby has sent in this superb photograph of 6233 Duchess of Sutherland.
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First visitor confirmed for WHR’s ‘best ever’ gala

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

THE Welsh Highland Railway is to run what aims to be its best ever gala to celebrate a century of its heritage. Easter marks the 20th anniversary of the visionary decision by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to overturn the recommendation of a public inquiry inspector and approve the rebuilding by the Ffestiniog Railway of…
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New 17-metre servicing pit bolsters Chinnor as main line destination

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

By Phil Marsh THE Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway has completed its new locomotive and stock servicing pit – making the heritage line an even more attractive destination for main line charters. The lack of this vital piece of infrastructure was identified as a top priority after the railway’s main line connection was commissioned 18…
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Bogies purchase boosts project tore-create UK’s first main line diesel

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

By Andrew Hoseason THE Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society – which is re-creating the first UK main line diesel locomotive, LMS No. 10000 – has taken a major step forward in the ground-breaking project, with the purchase of a suitable set of bogies. The bogies have been bought from the EM2 Locomotive Society, following a successful…
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Tom is Cornwall’s newest steam locomotive driver

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

Tom Blight received an early Christmas present on December 15, when he was passed out as a fully-qualified Bodmin & Wenford Railway steam driver. Tom, 24, from Roche in Cornwall, joins the select group of volunteers nationwide who have achieved this milestone before their 25th birthday. The responsibility of being in charge of a steam…
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Hugh Napier to remain active on Ff&WHR for another 10 years

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

THE agreement between the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways and the National Trust for the loan of Quarry Hunslet No. 855 of 1904 Hugh Napier has been extended for a further 10-year period. The deal was confirmed to Heritage Railway by Ff&WHR director and general manager Paul Lewin, who said: “Hugh Napier has been a…
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Irish Santa special stops trains – but picks up extra passengers!

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Sam Hewitt

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18th January 2019

By Cedric Johns AMONGST all the family excitement and hustle and bustle created by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s sell-out main line Santa specials, one train brought Iarnród Éireann public services to a halt. According to a brief report issued by the main line operator, passenger services on Saturday, December 15 were subject to…
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