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Tenterden celebrates record Christmas trains sell-out

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

By Geoff Courtney THE ‘no seats available’ sign went up early on the Kent & East Sussex Railway at Christmas when, for the very first time, every one of the railway’s 67 Santa Special trains

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Lottery £1.1m for Bluebell shed exhibition project

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

THE Bluebell Railway has been awarded £1.1 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its Accessible Steam Heritage (ASH) project. The scheme involves substantial repairs to the Sheffield Park running shed, which will be

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Can you make two LMS ‘Jinties’ steam again?

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

THE Midland Railway-Butterley wants to appoint a full-time engineering supervisor to bring two ‘Jinties’ back to life. Three of these LMS 3F 0-6-0s were rescued for the railway in the 1970s as being ideal for

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Flying Scotsman is in the right guise as No. 60103

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt Letters, News

HAVING read the comments about Flying Scotsman in recent issues of Heritage Railway I feel it is about time someone spoke up for the loco in its present form – numbered 60103, double chimney, proper

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The fascination of footplate working: The other side of the story!

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Working on the footplate is often regarded as having been glamorous, especially as a driver. Brian Bell tells what it was like as a fireman, keeping the coal flowing towards the metropolis in the 1950s.

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The Brecon Mountain Railway

20th January 2017 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Narrow gauge heritage lines run on former standard gauge trackbeds in many parts of Britain. Mark Smithers outlines the history of one such line in South Wales and its motive power with a transatlantic flavour.

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Yuletide Duchess

13th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

The festive season normally sees an intensive programme of main line steam tours, many originating in London and bound for a variety of Christmas markets or carol services. The Railway Touring Company usually runs several

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Jurassic period is back… after 32 years

13th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

PRESERVATION pioneer 2ft gauge Peckett 0-6-0ST Jurassic is to return to service on the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway in 2017 after a third of century out of action. Built in 1903 in Bristol by Peckett

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Flying Scotsman sells for £35K!

13th January 2017 Sam Hewitt News

THIS beautiful 5in gauge model of Flying Scotsman sold for £35,400 at Special Auction Services’ 30th Trains Galore auction at Newbury on December 14-15. That was more than double the top end estimate. Originally owned

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A trip to the unknown

13th January 2017 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Britain’s heritage railways may set out to recreate the experience of a bygone age but they still have to interact with the digital age. Peter Brown reports on how the use of social media now

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