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The Severn Valley Railway unveiled its new £600,000 dedicated diesel maintenance depot on Friday, May 20. Severn Valley diesel depot launched John Smith, GBRF managing director, and Phil Swallow, SVR Holdings vice president, following the naming of No. 66763 Severn Valley Railway at Kidderminster’s new diesel maintenance depot. PAUL APPLETON Completed on schedule and to…

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THE Severn Valley Railway’s spring diesel gala held over May 19-21, was arguably the biggest and most extensive event of its kind held in the heritage era. Spring diesel gala breaks all records Deltic D9002 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry passes a service headed by Class 50s Nos. 50008 Thunderer and 50049 Defiance at Bewdley…

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The Hunter Valley Railway Trust is a railway museum in North Rothbury, New South Wales which holds an annual steamfest event which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year over the weekend of April 9-10. New South Wales main line steam Quadrophenia! In what is surely a world first, four steam locomotives each hauling trains, raced…

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FORMER Southam cement works Peckett 0-6-0ST No. 1008 of 1903 Jurassic is to be returned to steam thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Lottery grant will return Jurassic to steam Peckett 0-6-0ST Jurassic in store awaiting its major overhaul. LCLR Bought by the 2ft gauge Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway in 1961, Jurassic…

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DESPITE being twice refused planning permission, the Helston Railway has now been given the green light to build a new station at Prospidnick Halt. Green light for Helston at third time of asking Thanks to the decision of a planning inspector who highlighted the benefits that heritage lines can bring to localities, the Helston Railway…

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IN one of the biggest displays of government financial support for rail-related tourism, heritage railways have shared a £1 million grant aid pot following a ‘Dragons Den’-style competition. £1m government grant aid bonus for heritage lines! Southern Railway N 2-6-0 No. 31874 undergoing a rebuild in the Swanage Railway”s Herston works. The work is being…

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THE Leighton Buzzard Railway has set a new record for the greatest number of narrow gauge locomotives on a train. The new narrow gauge record! The record-breaking train hauled by 17 Simplexes in action on May 29. LBR On Sunday, May 29, as part of its Simplex gala weekend, the 2ft gauge line had 17…

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The record-breaking Epping & Ongar Railway June steam gala saw four engines in steam, operating a two-train service. The first 10-coupled engine on a GER suburban line since the ‘Decapod’ in 1913 As GNR N2 0-6-2T No. 1744 simmers, BR Standard 9F No. 92214 rolls into North Weald station with a train from Ongar on…

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AGAINST a backdrop of a working steam loco, a large crowd, and a day when the rain mercifully kept away, railwayana collectors from far and wide attended a special one-off auction on June 19 in the rural setting of Sir William McAlpine’s estate at Fawley Hill near Henley-on-Thames. Steam, nameplates, and memories as collectors gather…

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