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With full regulator: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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12th June 2019

In his latest column, Don Benn describes the performance of Clan Line on December 20’s ‘Carols in Sherborne Abbey’ trip – and also February 2’s ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ double-header of Mayflower and British India Line, which hauled the train between Carnforth and Carlisle and return to Preston via the Settle and Carlisle route. THIS…
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A Lincolnshire Phoenix

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Sam Hewitt

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8th June 2019

It seems inconceivable that a steam-worked narrow gauge railway would be built in the 1960s to fulfil a real passenger transport need.
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Embsay’s world first: The second dawn of modern traction

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd May 2019

October 19, 2018, will be etched in history after the world’s first internal combustion-powered passenger vehicle gave its first rides in 88 years.
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Modern traction preservation still growling

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Sam Hewitt

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17th May 2019

Brian Sharpe delves into the increasingly complex world of British main line diesel preservation.
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Heritage Railway ‘gem’: North Tyneside Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2019

Mark Smithers visits the North Tyneside Railway and its associated Stephenson Railway Museum – and finds an interesting attraction in an area that played a vital role in the dawn of the railway.
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Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway steaming back to strength

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Sam Hewitt

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24th April 2019

Gareth Evans finds that the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway is bouncing back & planning its next 50 years.
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Confessions of a Railway Journalist

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Sam Hewitt

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16th April 2019

After years in the finance industry, and in a complete change of career direction, Brian Sharpe became assistant editor of Heritage Railway in 2002.
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Steam in the Wild Wild West

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

In words and pictures, Robert Falconer shares his experiences of participating in a week of photographic charters in the USA, resulting in the capture of a host of wonderful images of steam amid the stunning landscape. Many of us have a wish list or bucket list, featuring amongst other things the places we have longed…
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Pragmatic Preservation

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

Gareth Evans talks to Chris Price, general manager of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, who shares his views on a range of issues affecting the sector – and also what he’s doing to ensure the future survival of Britain’s most popular heritage line. It’s 9am sharp and I’ve arrived at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s…
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Great steam Engineers of the nineteenth century: Part 5 – the 1860s

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Sam Hewitt

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9th April 2019

Steam locomotives grew larger, more powerful and faster during the 1860s. Brian Sharpe outlines how the jobs of the locomotive superintendents of the major railway companies also grew ever larger, in terms of their responsibilities and the huge workforces under their control. The 1860s was a time of expansion for the GWR. After the Gauge…
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