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By Paul Appleton WORK is progressing well on the overhaul of GWR Kitchen Car No. 9615, according to Neil Taylor, head of locomotives and rolling stock engineering at the Severn Valley Railway. This long-term project has around a further two years to go before the vehicle can enter traffic, but as Neil said: “We have…
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A SMALL piece of mid-Wales made a big impression in the Far East on Saturday, December 8, when the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway signed a ‘sister railway’ co-operation agreement with the Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC). The signing ceremony was held in the city of Chiayi as part of the launch of TSC’s annual Sugar…
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NEARLY two years after announcing that it had secured Heritage Lottery Fund support to restore the now unique J21 0-6-0 No. 65033, its owners are finally beginning the work. Since receiving a £954,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant in March 2016, the Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust has been awaiting formal permission to start the restoration…
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THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway’s March 8-10 spring steam gala looks set to be a ‘must-attend’ event, with recently-overhauled LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas to be joined by LNER B12 4-6-0 No. 8572. Bahamas will be making its first gala appearance on a heritage line in more than 25 years, shortly after its…
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Word and pictures by Maurice Burns ON December 11, a railway-themed memorial was unveiled at the Catterick Military Camp near Richmond in North Yorkshire marking a century since the end of hostilities in the First World War. The memorial is unusual in that it is a North Eastern Railway Class J72 0-6-0T identical to the…
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Don Benn describes the performance of Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line.
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Heritage Railway magazine deputy editor returned ‘home’ to his native Mid Wales.
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