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  • Grant, Ritchie return makes four in steam at Ribble gala

    Grant, Ritchie return makes four in steam at Ribble gala

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    THE return of home-based Grant, Ritchie 0-4-0ST No. 21 (272/1894) from summer hire at the Telford Steam Railway enabled the Ribble Steam Railway (RSR) to turn out four steam locomotives for its annual autumn gala on September 29-30. While it was good to have the ex-Kinglassie Colliery loco back on home metals, the undoubted star of…

  • Middleton celebrates its colliery heritage

    Middleton celebrates its colliery heritage

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    TWO long-lost locomotives that once worked in the Yorkshire coalfields were re-created during the Middleton Railway’s Last Coals to Leeds gala over the weekend of September 29-30. The event marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of Middleton Broom Colliery, with ex-Middleton Broom Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0ST No. 3 Nineteen Fifty Three (in reality Slough Estates…

  • ‘Duchess’ makes Swanage Railway gala debut

    ‘Duchess’ makes Swanage Railway gala debut

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    No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland was in deepest Dorset making its preservation debut on Swanage Railway metals – just a week prior to the East Lancashire Railway gala. The LMS 4-6-2 was one of three Pacifics in action at the October 12-14 event which, like the Great Central Railway gala, was loosely themed around the…

  • Great Western pairing in East Lancashire

    Great Western pairing in East Lancashire

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    DUCHESS of Sutherland’s seasonal tour of heritage lines concluded with a star turn at the East Lancashire Railway’s October 19-21 gala. The Class 7 Pacific (‘8P’ under BR) was fresh from its appearance at the Swanage Railway gala the previous weekend, and was in traffic each day, as were visiting Churchward ‘28XX’ 2-8-0 No. 2857 and…

  • 2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

    2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

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    THE quote often attributed to Henry Ford about “a car painted any colour so long as it’s black” had a certain resonance on the final day of the Mid-Hants Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala, with perhaps a little editing to say “a locomotive painted any colour so long as it’s BR black”. Whether by coincidence or…

  • First moves at ELR for ex-Barry ‘Standard Tank’

    First moves at ELR for ex-Barry ‘Standard Tank’

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    OCTOBER 18, 2018 will be long remembered by volunteers of the Bury Standard 4 Group as the date when they finally saw the fruits of their 33-year project to restore BR ‘4MT’ 2-6-4T No. 80097 at the East Lancashire Railway. Restoration of the 1954-built loco got underway following its acquisition from Woodham Bros scrapyard at Barry…

  • Feature | The final days of the Waverley Route

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    Trevor Gregg shares his recollections of both the line and his journey on one of the farewell tours.

  • EXCLUSIVE: 45596 Bahamas back in steam at Tyseley

    EXCLUSIVE: 45596 Bahamas back in steam at Tyseley

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    Take a look at the moment the 45596 Bahamas returned in steam after its HLF-supported overhaul.

  • VIDEO: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

    VIDEO: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

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    Check out this exhilarating ride behind Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

  • VIDEO: Battle of Britain Class No. 34081 ’92 Squadron’

    VIDEO: Battle of Britain Class No. 34081 ’92 Squadron’

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    David Wadley has sent in this brilliant footage from Nene Valley Railway, Steam in Green!

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