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‘Witherslack’ takes ‘Santa’ strain at SVR
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GREAT Central Railway-based Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ No. 6990 Witherslack Hall made a successful return to the Severn Valley Railway during December to help with the festive season traffic(RM Dec). The Locomotive Exchanges veteran crosses Bewdley South Viaduct with a ‘Santa Special’ on December 9. JOHN TITLOW Read more News and Features in the January 2019 issue…
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‘Terrier’ and ‘Schools’ for Nene Valley’s Southern tribute
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LOCOMOTIVES designed by Stroudley, Maunsell and Bulleid will operate at the Nene Valley Railway this spring as the Peterborough line goes Southern for its March 9-10 steam gala. The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society’s resident Bulleid Pacific No. 34081 92 Squadron will be joined by Maunsell ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 No. 926 Repton from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway,…
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New Toddington firm takes on Standard Mogul restoration
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FORGOTTEN Riddles ‘4MT’ 2-6-0 No. 76077 will have its restoration completed by a brand new company based at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The Horwich-built Mogul has been handed over by former owner Chris Hinton to newly formed Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), which has been set up by Mr Hinton and other Gloucs-Warks volunteers to restore…
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Was a conflict of interest the reason for British Rails’s early reluctance to adopt diesel traction?
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I REALLY enjoyed Bob Gwynne’s article in the December 2018 issue on the reluctance of British Railways in the early years after Nationalisation to continue the development of diesel traction pioneered by the private railway companies. One key insight Bob omitted, which is an important factor in BR’s reluctance to abandon steam, was the conflict…
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‘Highline’ for London?
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After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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‘Highline’ for London?
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After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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Railway relics
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Steve Ryszka presents another selection of railway architecture images showing erstwhile railway company names, crests and signs, which still provide a reminder of the halcyon days of railways. View more images in the January 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!
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Shirebrook diesel depot
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Robin Stewart-Smith remembers the busy Nottinghamshire motive power depot which, in its heyday, provided locos for many coal trains emanating from local collieries. SHIREBROOK Diesel Depot officially opened in June 1965 as a new-build ‘running shed’ resulting from the BR’s Modernisation Plans. It was ideally placed to service the diesel locomotive fleet that worked the…
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What’s in the Shops: O-gauge Great Western Class 43XX mogul is another Heljan triumph
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Nigel Burkin discusses a model of one of the Great Western Railway’s 43XX 2-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives.
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What’s in the Shops: An O-gauge MGR hopper wagon from Dapol
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Dapol’s well-detailed O-gauge MGR coal hopper wagon sells for a very attractive price.
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