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  • Mixed traffic engines on the Worth Valley

    Mixed traffic engines on the Worth Valley

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Brian Sharpe The annual spring gala on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway was a little later than usual this year but with the resident fleet bolstered by three popular mixed traffic visitors, the valley resounded to the usual procession of steam-hauled trains battling the 1-in-58 grades through Bronte country. The three-day event over…

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  • 90mph running for steam:the real challenges

    90mph running for steam:the real challenges

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The article by John Forman in issue 226 takes an unfortunate and dismissive tone, and contains a number of factual inaccuracies that could leave your readers with an incorrect impression of how main line steam operates. The following will, I hope, provide some clarification on some of those points. The first area where the author…

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  • The Somerset Explorer charity train event

    The Somerset Explorer charity train event

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    Web Editor

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    ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE GWR, Visit Somerset and Buses of Somerset invite you to a special charity event to celebrate the life and work of Bob Smart, the former chairman of Visit Somerset who sadly passed away last year. Bob was the driving force in helping visitors and residents to explore the wonders of Somerset by highlighting…

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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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    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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  • Fifty years since the first Severn Valley engine arrived at Bridgnorth

    Fifty years since the first Severn Valley engine arrived at Bridgnorth

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    Sam Hewitt

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    EARLY volunteers at the Severn Valley Railway have been remembering the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first locomotive on the line. March 25 was exactly 50 years since GWR 0-6-0 No. 3205 steamed into Bridgnorth’s Platform 2, the first train at the station since the line was closed by Dr Richard Beeching four…

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  • Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway founder dies at 91

    Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway founder dies at 91

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway has been in mourning for its founder and preservation pioneer Bill Woolhouse, who died at the age of 91. Bill, the 2ft gauge line’s company secretary and director, passed away on March 16, in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby. Nearly seven decades ago, he became member No.…

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  • Standard 4 the focus for SVR

    Standard 4 the focus for SVR

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Paul Appleton THE Severn Valley’s own 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75069 has now become the firm focus of attention at Bridgnorth… and is set to return to action towards the end of the present operating season. It will further strengthen the ranks of operational former BR Standard types on Britain’s heritage railways, following the debut of…

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  • Southern flavour boosts Severn Valley gala success

    Southern flavour boosts Severn Valley gala success

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Severn Valley Railway’s March 17-19 spring steam gala turned out to be a stunning success. A total of 4537 passengers travelled – exactly 1000 more than last year’s spring gala and ahead of estimates for 2017, so it got the new season off to a bumper start. The railway also enjoyed 100% availability of…

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  • Replica ‘Bloomer’ displayed again after decade inside Wolverton works

    Replica ‘Bloomer’ displayed again after decade inside Wolverton works

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    Sam Hewitt

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    by Phil Marsh THE 1991-built static replica LNWR 2-2-2 ‘Bloomer’ has been placed back on public display after a decade languishing inside Wolverton Works. The engine was built in 1991 and made by works apprentices as engineering training exercise. It was originally displayed outside Milton Keynes station to celebrate the town’s railway heritage. The non-working…

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  • Tyseley’s Bloomer may steam in 2019 – and go main line!

    Tyseley’s Bloomer may steam in 2019 – and go main line!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TYSELEY Locomotive Works is aiming to complete its long-running new-build LNWR ‘Bloomer’ 2-2-2 replica in two years’ time. Not only that, but officials hope to have it haul special trains over the national network. The project has been boosted by a substantial gift of money which, hopefully, will enable the single driving wheel to be…

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