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By Cedric Johns After an 18-month wait for A4 followers and owner John Cameron to see and hear 4-6-2 No. 60009 Union of South Africa back on the main line, further valve repairs were carried out and ‘number nine’ was given a test run from York to Scarborough on June 16. The next day, the…

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Fifty years after the end of Southern steam, passenger services are running again over the entire length of one of the fabled seaside branch lines that served the south coast. While the Swanage Railway has long been hailed as a perfect microcosm of the Southern Railway/Region as it was in the days of steam, it…

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BC’s Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury was scheduled to open the new Ravenglass Railway Museum on Saturday, June 24. The museum will open to the public from 3pm, after Paul, the author of numerous railway history books, has performed the official opening. A nine-month redevelopment of the project gained £488,700 of Heritage Lottery Funding in…

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By Hugh Dougherty THE Royal Chartered Institute of Surveyors has presented Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited with its Scotland Infrastructure award for its sensitive £1 million restoration of the timber walkway connecting Wemyss Bay ferry terminal with Wemyss Bay station. The grade A listed walkway, completed in 1903, along with the ornate Caledonian Railway station, both…

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A COACH which ran over the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway main line in its last week in service has returned. The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, which has restored Midsomer Norton station, have taken delivery of BR Mk.1 BSO brake No. E9267. The coach arrived in Somerset on Monday, May 8, having made…

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By Geoff Courtney A veteran steam locomotive bought for £25 after its withdrawal in the 1960s, that has become a favourite with visitors to a West Sussex railway, is celebrating 50 years in preservation. It is Polar Bear, a 2-4-0T built by W G Bagnall and now a star attraction on Amberley Museum’s 2ft gauge…

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ACCLAIMED vintage coach restorer Stephen Middleton has now added his own locomotive to his fleet, after a restoration that cost him £200,000 and 22 years’ work. The May bank holiday weekend saw former Nidd Valley Light Railway Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST No. 1208 of 1916 Illingworth/Mitchell run in passenger traffic for the first time in the…

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A MAJOR new diesel gala is to be held at the Apedale Valley Light Railway this year. The Diesel Delights weekend of October 7-8 will see many of operator the Moseley Railway Trust’s collection of internal combustion locomotives in action. Several will haul passenger trains – in some cases, these will be the first-ever passenger…

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