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THE Bluebell Railway’s new interactive locomotive exhibition, SteamWorks! is now open Andrew Blessley, a Heritage Lottery Fund South-East committee member, and the Bluebell’s Roger Kelly, threw open the doors of the attraction on October 19 at 1.30pm. This marked the completion of the first phase of the railway’s three-year ASH (Accessible Steam Heritage) project. The…

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Words and pictures by Brian Sharpe THE Elsecar Heritage Railway leads a relatively low-key existence, rarely making the headlines, but in a unique collaboration with local university students, during the autumn the line played host to a former main line steam locomotive for the first time. Built by the South Yorkshire Railway, the branch became…

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By Gareth Evans THE Mid-Hants Railway Preservation Society has moved its ‘Black Five’ No. 45379 to Locomotive Storage Ltd.’s undercover facility in Margate, Kent. The 4-6-0’s boiler certificate expired on September 9. The MHRPS confirmed the locomotive is likely to stay there for up to five years while it awaits its turn in the overhaul…

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By Brian Sharpe Only a select few heritage railways are able to run a complete train of one of Britain’s pre-Grouping railway companies. One that can is the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway with its Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T and two CR coaches of similar vintage. This year though, in addition to returning CR 0-4-4T No. 419…

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