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The Bieszczady Forest Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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12th May 2017

From our 2016 archive Few heritage lines have quite the history of this narrow gauge line in Poland. Andrew Rapacz reports on a successful tourist operation on a railway which has served a number of different European countries since it was built. Bieszczady is an area in the extreme south east of Poland which has…
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Early spring blossoms for the first and foremost

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Sam Hewitt

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5th May 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: 2016 The world’s most famous steam locomotive running on the world’s most popular heritage railway – under blue skies with plenty of sunshine: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway played host to Flying Scotsman in its first visit to a heritage line since the completion of its £4.2-million overhaul. Tickets were sold out…
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WITH FULL REGULATOR LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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28th April 2017

By Don Benn I make no apology for covering the work of Tornado again in this issue and in fact the theme is LNER locos on the GWR, which the Swindon fraternity might indeed feel requires an apology! It isn’t just that No. 60163 is a fine engine but trips out behind it are virtually…
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Mystery over non-sale of Flying Scotsman nameplate

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Sam Hewitt

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28th April 2017

FROM THE ARCHIVES By Geoff Courtney Top international auction house Bonhams is remaining tight-lipped as to why it withdrew an original Flying Scotsman nameplate from sale just days before it was due to go under the hammer. The plate from the preserved LNER Pacific was to star in a prestigious ‘gentleman’s library’ auction in London…
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Darlington locomotive works reborn

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Sam Hewitt

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17th April 2017

FROM THE ARCHIVES The Darlington North Road locomotive works served the railways for 103 years but closed due to the demise of steam on April 1, 1966. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the closure and the successful transformation of the nearby Hopetown workshops into the new Darlington Locomotive Works, Maurice Burns reflects on the…
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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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RAILWAY HISTORY – and site of an LNER terminus and MPD

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

The Rosedale branch was very close to the North Yorkshire Moors line. Geoff Courtney delves into the history of a a remote railway outpost that closed down in the 1920s. It is only a small, seemingly unimportant, line on an original, mid-1920s’ railway map that hangs in my study. Although published by the GWR –…
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Life on Mars

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd March 2017

National Coal Board steam lingered on in the North East into the 1970s. Chris Gee reminisces about a trip to the remains of the Bowes Railway in 1971, illustrated by more recent photographs showing how the preserved section of line has changed little in the intervening years. It was a grotty Sunday in October, the…
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Perfect for Snowdonia: The Welsh Highland’s Garratts

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2017

Garratt articulated locomotives are the perfect choice to handle the heavy demands made on engines operating on the Welsh Highland Railway’s steep winding route through Snowdonia. Allan George outlines the history of the WHR fleet of Garratts. The Welsh Highland Railway runs from beneath the walls of Caernarfon Castle, through the rugged landscape west of…
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Why steam needs a 90mph limit

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2017

There has been considerable debate recently about raising the speed limit for main line steam to 90mph and Tornado is about to undertake some experimental runs. John Forman argues that it is time for a more realistic assessment of high speed steam performance on the main line. First of all, it is completely wrong to…
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