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GLOUCESTERSHIRE Warwickshire Railway-based Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. is to make its first visit to Southern Railway territory since its restoration. The 1941-built locomotive is one of four Bulleid Pacifics that will star at the Mid Hants Railway’s July 1-2 and 7-9 gala in order to mark the…

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Railway revivalists in west London are coming to terms with the shock death of their popular chairman, with one of their members saying her passing had “left an enormous void because she did so much for the railway”. Elizabeth Scholefield, who was known as Rick from one of her middle names, Rickwood, died shortly before…

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FROM Manors to intricate miniatures, locomotives of all sizes will be running at the Severn Valley Railway’s April 8-9 Open House Weekend. Up to 30 model railway layouts will on display in the Kidderminster diesel depot and the Engine House Visitor Centre at Highley. Visitors will also be given the opportunity to experience the inner…

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THE return from overhaul of Barry survivor and former Swanage Railway 4MT No. 80078, which was sold to an anonymous buyer four years ago, has been pencilled in for Easter. Heritage Railway can reveal that the purchaser was former BR trainee civil engineer Stewart Robinson, who founded rail infrastructure company Sonic Rail Services in 1997…

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EARLY steam market leader Beamish Museum has recreated a LNWR ‘Crewe tractor’ road-rail vehicle. Based on more than130 vehicles adapted by the LNWR at Crewe works in 1916-17, the project at the County Durham museum is the first phase in a multi-part programme of restoration work on three Ford Model Ts. The inspiration for the…

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TV presenter James May has made a second part for the new Gresley P2 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. The star of Top Gear and The Grand Tour had already applied his engineering prowess in crafting the first component for No. 2007 when he previously visited Darlington Locomotive Works in February 2013. Then he…

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A THREE-car DMU set that runs on the Great Central Railway and is maintained by volunteers from the line has carried off a major national award. The set, comprising Metropolitan Cammell Class 101 vehicles Nos. 51427 and 50321 and unique Class 111 buffet car No. 59575, has been named Railcar of the Year by the…

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THE award-winning Mid-Suffolk Light Railway has been given the green light to extend 400 yards to a new terminus, despite opposition from the local parish council. On January 25, Mid Suffolk District Council’s planning committee gave the go-ahead to the line’s proposed 400-yard extension to a new terminus, Wilby Halt, taking the standard gauge line…

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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway has turned to the world of art to publicise its high-profile spring visit of Royal Scot. An artistic vinyl masterpiece measuring 4m x 3m and depicting LMS 4-6-0 No. 46100 arriving at Grosmont station has been created by London-based firm Graffiti Life and displayed in the heart of York. Passers-by…

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