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No. 3440 City of Truro – ‘Ton-up Truro’: a reluctant legend?

23rd March 2022 Robin Jones Features, Steam
Celebrating the centenary of its legendary unofficial 102.3mph run, GWR 4-4-0 No. 3440 City of Truro accelerates away from a signal check at Horse Cove, between Teignmouth and Dawlish, on May 10, with the returning Pathfinder Tours’ ‘Ocean Mail 100’ tour from Kingswear to Bristol. BRIAN SHARPE

In 1904, Great Western Railway icon No. 3440 City of Truro could have been hailed as the fastest locomotive in the world after being clocked at 102.3mph…

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Video: South Devon Railway from the footplate

13th May 2020 Gareth Evans News

If like me, you’re in desperate need of a heritage railway ‘fix’ in the current Covid-19 lockdown, you may be interested in this newly released video clip of the South Devon Railway (SDR). The 30-minute

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South Devon Railway ‘encouraged’ by initial SOS appeal response

15th April 2020 Gareth Evans News

Just over a week since it was launched on Sunday, April 5, the latest updated figure for the South Devon Railway’s  ‘SOS – Save Our Steam’ – £500,000 funding appeal shows that over £31,000 has

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Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys!

10th April 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

The three-day spring steam gala in brought in the crowds, reports Robin Jones and Gareth Evans.

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Great steam Engineers of the nineteenth century: Part 5 – the 1860s

9th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Network, Steam

Steam locomotives grew larger, more powerful and faster during the 1860s. Brian Sharpe outlines how the jobs of the locomotive superintendents of the major railway companies also grew ever larger, in terms of their responsibilities

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Toplight next in line for WSR carriages project

29th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE West Somerset Steam Railway Trust has reaffirmed its decision to restore GWR toplight TK No. 3639 as the next phase of its heritage carriages project. No. 3639 has a rich history as a passenger

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Swindon Works horse dray found

27th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

A GWR horse dray has been discovered in a domestic garage in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, having been stored there since the early 1960s. It was among the property of a deceased gentleman who formerly

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Severn Valley wagons on a roll!

27th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Freight, News

THE Severn Valley Railway’s demonstration freight train is set to be boosted by the addition of two restored wagons in the coming weeks, thanks to the efforts of the line’s Bewdley-based Wagon Department. SECR five-plank

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South Devon confirms golden anniversary celebrations

15th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

While there will be many activities and events going on throughout the year to mark 50 years since part of the GWR Ashburton branch reopened as the Dart Valley Railway, the key centrepiece events are

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Impromptu ‘gala’ brings in the crowds

15th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

By Paul Appleton THE first day of the Severn Valley Railway’s 2019 operating season, February 16, had the air of a gala event, with former BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75069 making its public debut

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