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AFTER decades of speculation, wishful thinking and hard fundraising, what is widely considered to be the biggest obstacle in the heritage railway sector is now being removed. In March, building work began on the bridge which will link the two heritage era Great Central railways at Loughborough. Contractors have been preparing the ground for the…

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By Geoff Courtney REVIVALISTS planning to restore a link between two heritage lines are celebrating a major step forward in their project, following a local council decision to grant approval for the £4½ million scheme and the decision of Highways England to agree in principle to the installation of a level crossing over a major…

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By Robin Jones FLYING Scotsman is to take part in a world first – when four trains will be run in parallel along the East Coast Main Line. The unique showpiece event on the morning of Sunday, April 23, has been organised by Virgin Trains to mark the launch of its new Class 800 Azuma…

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IN ISSUE 227 – on sale April 7 A meeting of minds The renaming of Flying Scotsman twice, the recreation of a complete early 1950s KESR mixed train and the clearing and operation of the ‘Last Severn & Wye byway’ back to Parkend, amongst others. In his 100th article written over three decades, Geoff Silcock…

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The ownership of a unique Victorian steam locomotive that escaped the cutting torch thanks to the centenary of London’s Waterloo station – and starred in a theatrical production of The Railway Children on both sides of the Atlantic – has been transferred to the Swanage Railway by the National Railway Museum. T3 class 4-4-0 wheel…

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By Hugh Dougherty THREE options are set to be considered for the revival of the Hill of Howth Tramway, just outside Dublin. Members of Fingal Council will be presented with the three options in April, when the local authority’s economic, enterprise and tourism development strategic policy committee considers a report from the consultant Atkins Group.…

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THE Moseley Railway Trust is to hold a special gala to mark the centenary of its Kerr, Stuart Tattoo class 0-4-2ST Stanhope. The May 13-14 gala at the Apedale Valley Light Railway – five miles from where the locomotive, No. 2395 of 1917, was built in Stoke-on-Trent – will also feature a visit by the…

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TRAIN builder Hitachi Rail Europe has donated a driver’s cab of its new intercity train to the National Railway Museum at York. Museum visitors will have the first opportunity in the UK to get up close and see the latest innovations in the rail industry following a wave of investment in new trains. Visitors will…

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By Geoff Courtney One of the country’s most varied collections of steam and diesel locomotives and electric trains has come to the rescue of the makers of a star-studded big budget film due for release later this year. Darkest Hour is set in the early years of the Second World War and stars Gary Oldman…

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