Sam Hewitt

SOUTHERN Locomotives Limited-owned unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific No. 34072 257 Squadron moved under its own steam at the Swanage Railway on August 9 after an absence of 15 years. The occasion was the first major test the 4-6-2 has had since leaving the line’s Herston Works last year. Further mileage accumulation and testing will follow, before…

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THE overhaul of the Nene Valley Railway’s flagship BR Standard 5MT No. 73050 City of Peterborough – which has a claim to being the final steam locomotive to leave a BR shed in August 1968 – is progressing at the line’s Wansford workshops. The 4-6-0 was withdrawn at the expiry of its boiler ticket in…

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The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway (WHHR ) in Porthmadog formally relaunched into traffic its popular Bagnall 0-4-2T Gelert on July 29. The locomotive is now sharing passenger duties with the line’s flagship locomotive, Hunslet 2-6-2T Russell. Gelert last steamed in 2013. It had been known for some time the boiler was not in the best…

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By Geoff Courtney The close-knit world of railwayana is mourning the death of David Lewis, who died on August 2 at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. He is the second auction house principal to pass away in his fifties in a little over a year, following the death 14 months…

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