Sam Hewitt

Railway Touring company go ahead with winter cumbrian express

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

Railway Touring Company is operating as usual in the New Year.
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Eardington is lighting the way

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

I am a volunteer lampman at Eardington station on the Severn Valley Railway, where we have set up a small lamp room dedicated to the repair, restoration and display of railway lamps from the pre-electric era. We have a modest collection of working hand lamps, signal lamps, loco lamps, platform lamps and related items. The…
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The railway rally

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

Mike Huckfield shares his experience of organising a day out with a difference with a group of like-minded friends – to visit as many heritage railways as possible in a single day It was a simple idea – how many tourist railway sites could we visit in one day? A few years ago I got…
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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: 19TH CENTURY – How the steam age began

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

In the second part of his series about the dawn of steam, Brian Sharpe investigates the background to how the position of chief mechanical engineer came about in the early days – leading to the evolution of locomotive design. In 1821 a parliamentary bill was passed to allow the building of the Stockton and Darlington…
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Mid Hants Gala: Barking over the Alps!

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

Gareth Evans reports on the Mid-Hants Railway’s three-day autumn steam gala, held between October 19-21. The weather was undoubtedly kind during the Mid-Hants Railway’s autumn steam gala over the weekend of October 19-21. Crowds were drawn to the trains – seat occupancy appeared to be high. Perhaps that was due to the attraction of visiting…
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WITH FULL REGULATOR LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

In his latest column, Don Benn compares the performance of Great Western and Southern steam locomotives on the South Devon banks hauling charter trains. The South Devon banks have always held a fascination for me, even though I didn’t venture there in the real days of steam. I did however, time a number of trains…
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England’s Railway Heritage from the Air

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2018

By Peter Waller (hardback, Historic England, 302pp, £35, ISBN 978 1 84802 4762). BACK in the steam era, it was often said that the stationmaster of a city’s main railway station was as important as its council leader or mayor. Furthermore, it is fair to say that much of the 19th and early to mid-20th…
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Barry: Its Railway & Port before and after Woodham’s scrapyard

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2018

By John Hodge (hardback, Pen & Sword, 200pp, £30, ISBN 1526723832 The name Barry is synonymous with railway preservation. It was the home of the world’s most famous railway scrapyard, where owner Dai Woodham, unique amongst his counterparts elsewhere, made the momentous decision not to scrap many of the main line steam locomotives he had…
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Alan Pegler’s ashes placed in A3’s firebox during emotional farewell

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2018

Flying Scotsman emotional tribute to Alan Pegler drew crowds.
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Britannia still in Crewe paint shop

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2018

Reports that BR 7P No. 70000 Britannia has returned to main line service proved to be premature as work on the locomotive continues at Crewe before the 4-6-2 can be passed for main line duties. As previously reported, after running in on the Severn Valley Railway the ‘Brit’ returned under its own steam with support…
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