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Big American steam power in action is an increasingly rare spectacle on the main line in the 21st century. Dave Rodgers reports on the recent successful revival of one of the biggest US locomotives. Thunder on Blue Ridge With the famous Blue Ridge mountains as a backdrop, No. 611 is seen at full power blasting…

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The Fowler 4F 0-6-0 was a very basic but useful design of steam engine. J Crosse recounts the history of a surprisingly long-lived class. 50 YEARS ON: THE FOWLER 4F More than 40 years in preservation appears not to have done No. 43924 any harm as it brews up for some shunting work at Oakworth…

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In another occasional series of historical reviews of ‘Big Four’ locomotive engineers, Cedric Johns highlights the career of Frederick W Hawksworth, who succeeded Charles Collett in 1941… FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: FREDERICK W HAWKSWORTH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY County 4-6-0 No. 1002 County of Berks near Twyford in April 1956. COLOUR-RAIL.COM / T OWEN BRW419 In…

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The spring gala on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway over the weekend of May 14/15 saw the unprecedented sight of no less than three steam engines working on the one-time Southern Railway 2ft gauge line. THREE STEAM ON THE LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE Bagnall 0-4-2T Isaac storms the last few yards to Woody Bay with a…

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Two passenger trains are seen at Statfold terminus with the train on the left headed by Sragi No. 1, (Krauss, Munich, No. 4045 of 1899), and Sragi No. 14 (Orenstein & Koppel No. 10750 of 1923) and the one on the right by Trangkil No. 4 (Hunslet No. 3902 of 1971) and Howard (Hunslet No.…

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Bagnall 0-4-2T Isaac storms the last few yards to Woody Bay with a mixed train from Killington Lane. The spring gala on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway over the weekend of May 14/15 saw the unprecedented sight of no less than three steam engines working on the one-time Southern Railway 2ft gauge line. Locomotives in…

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The first photograph of the holidays as LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45593 Kolhapur storms out of Carlisle with the 12.09am to Leeds on Saturday July 2 1966. Fifty years ago, a remarkable variety of steam power was still in control of passenger and freight workings in the North-West. Trevor Gregg looks back to a camping…

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