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Two Wrens booked for Apedale Valley Kerr Stuart gala

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

THE Moseley Railway Trust has booked two Wrens – one old and one new – for its Kerr Stuart-themed gala at the Apedale Valley Light Railway on May 13-14. Kerr Stuart Wren 0-4-0ST No. 3128, was built in 1918 for a factory in Avonmouth which supplied mustard gas to British forces fighting in the First…
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Three Seaburn Pullman cars to return to the south coast

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

THREE Pullman coaches which formed part of a Sunderland hotel have been moved for restoration and a new life on the south coast. The three former ‘Orient Express’ Pullmans – Rosalind and Padua with six-wheel bogies and Sapphire with four-wheel bogies – are survivors of later use as holiday homes and mobile offices. As highlighted…
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Cambrian takes over statutory powers on Oswestry line

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

Cambrian Heritage Railways has been granted a Transport and Work Act Order giving it statutory powers over the Gobowen to Oswestry and Llanyblodwel line that members have been busy reviving. The route is the surviving section of what in pre-Grouping and later GWR days was a busy railway hub. Passenger services to Welshpool and Whitchurch…
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A third new narrow gauge line for the capital is also on the way

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

PLANS to create a heritage railway at London’s Crossness Pumping Station have been given the green light. The idea of a light railway being built near Abbey Wood has been lurking around since 2011, when the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey loaned Avonside oil-fired 0-4-0T No. 1748 of 1916 Woolwich to the Crossness Engines…
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Boost for two major London heritage railway projects

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

By Geoff Courtney IN a boost for two major London heritage railway projects, the revival of a line in the west of the capital that closed more than 70 years ago has taken a significant step forward, while another a few miles away near King’s Cross station is set to reopen within months. At the…
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Mixed traffic engines on the Worth Valley

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

By Brian Sharpe The annual spring gala on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway was a little later than usual this year but with the resident fleet bolstered by three popular mixed traffic visitors, the valley resounded to the usual procession of steam-hauled trains battling the 1-in-58 grades through Bronte country. The three-day event over…
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90mph running for steam:the real challenges

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Sam Hewitt

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14th April 2017

The article by John Forman in issue 226 takes an unfortunate and dismissive tone, and contains a number of factual inaccuracies that could leave your readers with an incorrect impression of how main line steam operates. The following will, I hope, provide some clarification on some of those points. The first area where the author…
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The Somerset Explorer charity train event

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Web Editor

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12th April 2017

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE GWR, Visit Somerset and Buses of Somerset invite you to a special charity event to celebrate the life and work of Bob Smart, the former chairman of Visit Somerset who sadly passed away last year. Bob was the driving force in helping visitors and residents to explore the wonders of Somerset by highlighting…
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New steam locomotive Tornado reaches 100mph during successful main line test run

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Sarah Wilkinson

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12th April 2017

While undertaking test runs in connection with raising its permitted maximum speed, new Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado has reached 100mph during clandestine overnight trials conducted on the East Coast Main Line between Doncaster and Newcastle. Completed in 2008, Tornado is currently limited to 75mph, but it has always been the intention to run…
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Fifty years since the first Severn Valley engine arrived at Bridgnorth

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

EARLY volunteers at the Severn Valley Railway have been remembering the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first locomotive on the line. March 25 was exactly 50 years since GWR 0-6-0 No. 3205 steamed into Bridgnorth’s Platform 2, the first train at the station since the line was closed by Dr Richard Beeching four…
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