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North Yorks Moors’Drewry shunter restored
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CLASS 04 No. D2207 (originally No. 11108) has received an extensive overhaul at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, including the fitting of a replacement engine. It was built by Vulcan Foundry (D208 of 1953/Drewry No. 2482), and withdrawn by BR in December 1967, passing to Hemel Hempstead Lightweight Concrete, Hertfordshire. It entered preservation in September 1973 when acquired…
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Chinnor’s Brush Type 2 receives ‘rare’ livery
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CHINNOR & Princes Risborough Railway (C&PRR) Class 31 No. D5581/31163 has been finished in Railway Technical Centre livery. This was carried by only two other members of the class in the 1970s/80s – now-scrapped Nos. D5831/31298 and D5861/31326, renumbered in departmental stock as 97203 and 97204, respectively. No. 31163 has been given the next number in the series,…
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Footbridge of the future?
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A JOINT entry by Danish and Czech designers beat more than 120 designs from 19 countries to triumph in a competition to create a new generation of passenger footbridges for British stations. Gottlieb Paludan Architects, of Denmark, and Strasky, Husty and Partners, of the Czech Republic, presented a bridge which was judged to have “convincingly…
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Light at the end of the tunnel in Sevenoaks
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A TWO-YEAR, £21million programme of repairs and improvements to Sevenoaks Tunnel in Kent is almost complete. The 150-year-old tunnel is one of the longest in southern England and has long been a source of delays because of its poor condition and flooding, caused by inadequate drainage. However, Network Rail has installed new drainage systems since…
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He was the greatest!
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THE rail industry and the heritage sector joined forces to pay tribute to Sir William McAlpine, who many regard as one of the greatest figures – if not the greatest – of the preservation movement. A special memorial trip, the ‘Scotsman’s Salute’ ran from King’s Cross to York on Friday, January 11, headed by none…
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Talyllyn buys prime land next to Tywyn’s Pendre Works
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THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought a key piece of land alongside its Pendre Works, comprising two cottages on Frankwell Street and land opposite the West Shed at Pendre known as ‘The Orchard’. General manager Stuart Williams said: “The price being asked for both cottages and the land was deemed to be reasonable, and so…
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From Tate Gallery exec to heritage line train driver
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By Geoff Courtney Laura Wright, chief executive of the award-winning Mail Rail visitor attraction in central London, became a train driver for the day on January 18, when she swapped her role for hands-on training at the controls of one of the line’s trains. Laura joined The Postal Museum, which incorporates Mail Rail, last June…
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Aberdeen tram returns north after donation to Grampian museum
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An Aberdeen tram has returned to Scotland after six years at Dundee Museum of Transport.
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Delight at NRM as last LNER bravery medal joins the first
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EXCLUSIVE By Geoff Courtney A bravery medal awarded to employees by the LNER over a period of just six years, is to be commemorated by the National Railway Museum after it had acquired one of the very first and one of the last presented under the scheme. Announcing the launch of the medal in 1941…
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King’s Cross to go narrow gauge for spring half-term
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TWO narrow gauge locomotives that once worked on slate mines in Snowdonia are to take pride of place at King’s Cross station. The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways will be bringing Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST Velinheli and de Winton vertical-boilered locomotive Chaloner for display at the station’s ticket hall from February 16-24. The railway has previously…
