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THE special guest locomotive at the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway in the spring will be Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST Wissington. Appearing at Ludborough courtesy of owner the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, Wissington will be operating on April 30, May 1, 14, and 28-29. Wissington was built in 1938 by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds for…

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DESPITE patchy weather, passenger numbers at the Last Hurrah, the Great Central Railway’s final gala of the season, were 15% up on the corresponding event last year. The November 19/20 gala featured five locomotives in steam plus a diesel, as contrasted with the first such event in 2010. In action were BR Standard Pacific No.…

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By Fred Kerr MID HANTS Railway-based Class 27 D5353/27007, currently resident at Alresford, is to be used to recreate an example of the long-extinct North British Locomotive Company Class Class 21. In early December, the current owner confirmed his intention to use the locomotive’s chassis and bogies to recreate a 21. He already owns a…

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SOUTHWOLD Railway revivalists are set to bring their first 3ft gauge steam locomotive to the legendary line. All of the original Sharp Stewart locomotives which ran on the Suffolk railway were scrapped in 1941 for the war effort, 12 years after the last trains from Halesworth to Southwold ran. Because of takeover attempts by local…

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THE former GWR station at Newent in Herefordshire is to be rebuilt to serve transport needs again. However, the station will not see trains. Instead, the space between the surviving platforms will be filled with water and used by canal boats. The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust wants to recreate the station building in its…

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The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling, a new free monthly publication from the publishers of Heritage Railway, was launched at this year’s Warley National Model Railway Exhibition, held on November 26-27 at the NEC near Birmingham. Thousands of visitors took up on the offer of the free magazine, which is aimed at beginners and returners…

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LLANGOLLEN Railway volunteers have prepared the way for what may be a heritage sector ‘first’ – a borehole to supply water for steam locomotives. The site for the borehole lies in Corwen Common, below the railway embankment at the line’s new Corwen Central terminus. It is intended to use water extracted from the borehole to…

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A NEW series of tours of hidden places on London’s railway network has proved so popular that it was selling out within days. London Transport Museum’s Hidden London tours programme for 2017 features five different locations including the lost tunnels of Euston station, the former London Underground HQ of 55 Broadway, the closed Down Street…

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THE driver of a tractor involved in a train crash on a level crossing on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway did not realise he was blocking the line, a report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has concluded. As reported in HR issue 220, the crash occurred around 2.30pm on Saturday, September 10, as…

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By Geoff Courtney Enthusiasts worldwide are reeling from the sudden, shock closure of one of the world’s leading railway museums that is home to a fine collection of UK-built steam locomotives, including a giant Beyer-Garratt which has taken linesiders and the public by storm since its return from restoration last year. Canberra Railway Museum, run…

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