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THE main frame plates for new-build GWR County 4-4-0 No. 3840 County of Montgomery have been ordered – and a new £10,000 appeal to pay for the machining has just been launched. The Churchward County Trust has placed the order for the plates with Tata Steel of Wednesfield, as per Swindon drawing No. 43495, just…

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Words and pictures by Stuart Chapman Where in the UK can you find a standard gauge railway inspired by the light railways of Colonel Holman F Stephens? While the Kent & East Sussex Railway, Rother Valley Railway or even the East Kent Railway may spring to mind, there is a small standard gauge railway tucked…

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THE £5 million project to build new Gresley P2 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales has launched a virtual reality 3D internet tour of its Darlington Locomotive Works headquarters. The tour has been created by C3Sixty, a North East-based company which scans and captures various buildings and projects. The virtual tour allows visitors to the…

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SCOTLAND’S Old Royal Station in Ballater has been reopened to the public more than three years after being gutted in a fire. As reported in issue 203, the blaze tore through the B-listed building early on May 12, 2015 destroying around 90% of the museum and associated restaurant. Fire crews however, managed to save a…

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THE Lynton & Barnstaple Railway has revived its mothballed plan to build a new Manning Wardle 2-6-2T – and intends to build a second one at the same time, at a cost of £1.1 million. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust will be launching a project to build the pair at the line’s September 29-30…

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By Geoff Courtney It may not be the Ritz or have been awarded any stars, but to the volunteers of the Kent & East Sussex Railway, it’s top-class accommodation that provides welcome comforts after a hard shift. In what Shaun Dewey, the railway’s general manager, describes as the “biggest step change in volunteer facilities for…

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By Hugh Dougherty AN independent museum in Dalbeattie, which has played its part in keeping the town’s railway heritage alive, is celebrating its silver jubilee. Volunteer-run Dalbeattie Museum Trust opened in 1993, and put on show items salvaged from Dalbeattie station on the Dumfries to Stranraer line, which were rescued after the railway closed in…

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By Geoff Courtney ONE of Australia’s leading railway museums, which was for many years home to a number of British-built steam locomotives including one of the world’s largest operational preserved engines, has been saved nearly two years after its dramatic and unexpected closure. Canberra Railway Museum closed in November 2016 following the financial collapse of…

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