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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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The legendary and perhaps too popular LNER A3 Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman is now in its most intensive period of use since its return to steam at the end of last year, hauling sell-out main line railtours and still drawing huge crowds to the lineside wherever it goes. Flying Scotsman on tour LNER A3…

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Stanier 4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth suffered mixed fortunes during June 14-18 when having passed its main line tests, the 4-6-2 failed on its way to Derby. ‘Lizzie’ fails to make Derby railtour debut LMS Princess Royal Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth passes Wilmcote on the North Warwickshire line in a thunderstorm on a loaded…

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