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  • Catering and all access coaches progress at SVR

    Catering and all access coaches progress at SVR

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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…

  • WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

    WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

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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…

  • J21 restoration project makes January start for 2022 target

    J21 restoration project makes January start for 2022 target

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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…

  • Bahamas and B12 set to draw crowds at Keighley’s March gala

    Bahamas and B12 set to draw crowds at Keighley’s March gala

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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…

  • Your Gallery | Mayflower in Preston

    Your Gallery | Mayflower in Preston

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    BR built Thompson B1 no 61306 Mayflower seen here at Preston

  • Your Gallery | 5199 and 41312 at Ropley

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    Jim Carruthers has sent in great pictures of 5199 and 41312 at Ropley.

  • Your Gallery | 5199 and 41312 at Ropley

    Your Gallery | 5199 and 41312 at Ropley

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    Jim Carruthers has sent in great pictures of 5199 and 41312 at Ropley.

  • ‘Whistler’ Aureol returns to MR-B after five years

    ‘Whistler’ Aureol returns to MR-B after five years

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    CLASS Forty Appeal’s Class 40 No. 40012 (D212) is now back home at the Midland Railway-Butterley after a five-year absence. It is seen at Swanwick Junction on November 25, having arrived from the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) three days earlier. The transfer was made by rail, hauled by sister No. 40145 on 5Z40, the 08.32 Bury-Butterley. No. 40012…

  • Supporters secure future for Bulleid double-decker

    Supporters secure future for Bulleid double-decker

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    THE Bulleid 4-DD Double-Deck EMU Supporters Group Committee became the owners of double-deck EMU DMBS No. S13003S at Sellindge, Kent on November 20. The group was formed inlate-2015 to rescue and restore this historic vehicle, which had been saved for preservation by Esmond Lewis-Evans, who died in 2017. Now the group owns the vehicle it will…

  • Class 03 returns to Norfolk

    Class 03 returns to Norfolk

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    CLASS 03 No. 03197 (right of image, below), stands on newly laid track at Hardingham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) in October. It arrived from a gala appearance on the Isle of Wight earlier in the month (RM Nov, p99) and is now assisting with track laying by contractor Sonic Rail Services (SRS), for storing Greater…

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