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THE extension of the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway has started in traditional style, with the cutting of the ‘first sod’. A small ceremony was held on August 25 with the ‘Middy’s’ president Tony Alston and Rob Patten from contractors TES 2000 Ltd, which is helping with advice and equipment. A train of well-wishers witnessed Tony, the…

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VISITORS to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s October 12-14 wartime weekend will be able to see inside a Victorian restaurant car that has not carried passengers for 91 years. An audio-visual presentation – From Steam, Speed and Sumptuous Dining to Tracks into the Trenches – will tell the story of East Coast Joint Stock third…

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THE Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways has confirmed it intends to repeat its series of heritage tours of the Welsh Highland Railway in 2019. Marketed as Journey into the Past, and sponsored by the Welsh Highland Heritage Group, the special trains were trialled on Sundays in August. Starting at Dinas, with a connection for the…

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By Paul Appleton FANS of the English Electric Class 50 ‘Hoovers’ are set for a treat when the Severn Valley Railway stages its tribute to the class over three days from Thursday to Saturday, October 4-6. Celebrating 50 years of the class, the Class 50 Golden Jubilee event will see as many as 11 members…

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THE TALYLLYN Railway has launched an appeal to restore the only coach still operational from fellow 2ft 3in gauge line, the original Corris Railway (CR). While the full extent of the work required will not be known until the panelling is removed, it is expected to cost in the region of £20,000, including labour. Once…

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By Geoff Courtney TWO exhibitions of paintings by some of the country’s leading railway artists are currently delighting visitors to Locomotion in Shildon and Kidderminster Railway Museum. The exhibition at Locomotion, which comprises 28 works by Christine Pulham, is a ‘first’ for both the museum and the artist, with the County Durham museum staging a…

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Words & pictures by Kenny Felstead NOT too far away from the Kent and East Sussex Railway is a little gem of a railway situated in a back garden. The Richmond Light Railway in Headcorn is a privately-owned railway that comes across as a big garden railway with its model railway-like perfectly kept grass and…

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By Paul Appleton ONE of the Severn Valley Railway’s best-loved locomotives, GWR 4-6-0 No. 7819 Hinton Manor, has returned to the railway after more than 10 years on display in a shopping centre in Swindon. The Designer Outlet Village is set in part of the former Swindon Locomotive Works, where No. 7819 was built almost…

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THE restoration of the Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s Stanier 8F has reached another stage. The tender tank on Bo’ness-based TCCD No. 45170 (WD No. 554) has been lifted off the tender chassis. The tank has already been cleaned out and the coal hole has been repaired and painted. The wheelsets are now due to be…

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