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Prince of Wales to sing the Blues
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BRITAIN’S most powerful steam locomotive to be turned out in British Railways’ Express Passenger Blue livery.
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What’s in the Shops: Worth their salt – Dapol fleet wagons
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Dapol has released two brilliant models of private-owner salt wagons on its new O-gauge 9ft RCH underframe. Salt from the Cheshire and Staffordshire area was an important source of traffic for the railways in the first half of the 20th century, when numerous small operations and family-owned concerns such as Stubbs and Company operated small…
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What’s in the Shops: Dapol’s N-gauge ‘Pacer’ emerges at last
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Nigel Burkin brings this review.
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What’s in the Shops: Eight beats to the bar!
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Nigel Burkin reviews a completely new OO-gauge model of the Southern Railway’s four-cylinder ‘Lord Nelson’ express passenger 4-6-0s that has now arrived in the shops from Hornby Reputed to be a difficult class of locomotive to fire, the Southern Railway’s Maunsell-designed ‘Lord Nelson’ (LN) 4-6-0s were constructed to haul the heavier cross-Channel passenger trains between…
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Modelling from the female perspective
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As one of the minority lady railway modellers in our hobby, I found your March editorial most enlightening, particularly your first two paragraphs in which you described the broad spectrum of interest among us. Within our own club – West Sussex N Gauge RMC – we have exactly the spread of modellers you described. While…
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Edinburgh approves Newhaven extension
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Edinburgh City Council has voted in favour of extending its tram line by 2.8 miles from the city centre to Newhaven at a cost of up to £207million.
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Conservation project underway on Bristol horse tram
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The unidentified G F Milnes-built tram is a unique survivor from the Bristol Tramways network.
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Statfold Barn Railway opens new season
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STATFOLD Barn Railway’s first enthusiasts’ open day of the new season on March 23 featured 15 locos in steam, 13 from the home fleet, plus War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 (all 2ft gauge) and 18in-gauge Hunslet 0-4-0WT Jack (684/1898). The Goose railbus and 3ft-gauge Burton & Ashby tram also operated. The line also…
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‘Wish-list’ acquisitions boost for Cumbrian railway museum
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By Geoff Courtney THE owner of one of the country’s newest regional railway museums is celebrating the acquisition of two local railwayana items that have been on his wish-list for many years but had come onto the market only recently. They are a venerable Maryport & Carlisle signalbox nameboard and a totem sign from the…
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Princess Royal visits Queen Victoria’s coach in York
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THE complete restoration of Queen Victoria’s famous royal saloon carriage 150 years after it was built has been given the royal seal of approval. The Princess Royal inspected the coach when she visited the National Railway Museum in York for the first time on Friday, February 15. Built by the LNWR in 1869 for the…
