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AGAINST a backdrop of a working steam loco, a large crowd, and a day when the rain mercifully kept away, railwayana collectors from far and wide attended a special one-off auction on June 19 in the rural setting of Sir William McAlpine’s estate at Fawley Hill near Henley-on-Thames. Steam, nameplates, and memories as collectors gather…

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The legendary and perhaps too popular LNER A3 Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman is now in its most intensive period of use since its return to steam at the end of last year, hauling sell-out main line railtours and still drawing huge crowds to the lineside wherever it goes. Flying Scotsman on tour LNER A3…

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Stanier 4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth suffered mixed fortunes during June 14-18 when having passed its main line tests, the 4-6-2 failed on its way to Derby. ‘Lizzie’ fails to make Derby railtour debut LMS Princess Royal Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth passes Wilmcote on the North Warwickshire line in a thunderstorm on a loaded…

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DESPITE repeated warnings about the dangers, a number of Flying Scotsman spectators have continued to ignored appeals by British Transport Police not to trespass trackside when the A3 is due to pass. Helicopter snaps Scotsman trespassers on camera One of the aerial photographs released by British Transport Police showing alleged trespass. This view was taken…

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THE Lynton & Barnstaple Railway has been given the green light to rebuild more of the original railway. Rebuild green light for Lynton & Barnstaple Baldwin 2-4-2T Lyn taking water at Blackmoor station shortly before the original Lynton & Barnstaple Railway closed in 1935. This scene could be replicated in years to come (see separate…

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TWO heritage lines have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Queen’s Award for East Lancashire and Chasewater volunteers Barclay 0-4-0ST No. 1223 of 1911 Colin McAndrew shunts the Chasewater Railway’s latest acquisition, former Stanton Ironworks slag ladle No. 6, on June 18. The ladle was acquired two weeks ago from a firm…

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In an unusual move, Peppercorn A1 No. 60163 4-6-2 Tornado was set to work the York to King’s Cross leg of UK Railtours’ modern traction ‘The Diversionary Tactic’ on Saturday, June 11, which would have avoided a light engine move for the A1. Computer says ‘no’ to Tornado at York LNER A1 Pacific No. 60163…

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THE Great Central Railway’s ‘Bridging the Gap’ project has been given a £250,000 major vote of confidence by Leicestershire County Council. County council buys a million Great Central Railway shares! Visiting SDJR 2-8-0 No. 53808 passes Kinchley Lane on the Great Central Railway with a photo charter goods train on May 26. PHIL WATERFIELD At…

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The Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0WT No. 1643 of 1930 No. GP39 – in Surrey County Council Highways Department bright maroon livery, but representative of a type that worked the WW1 trench railways – passes a Simplex marooned in a bomb crater, which has been cordoned off by barbed wire . ROBIN JONES BRILLIANT…

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