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Your Gallery | Steams Dreams Excursion
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Neil sent in this photo of Mayflower and Black 5 heading Steam Dreams Excursion to Cardiff from August 1.
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Your Gallery | No. 5428 at NYMR
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Phil has sent in this superb photo of the No. 5428 “Eric Treacy” at North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR).
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Whaley Bridge: Rail services disrupted due to flooding fears
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Rail passengers on the Liverpool Lime Street / Nottingham / Norwich line had their journeys disrupted as a result of the dam threatening to collapse.
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LNER launches first Azuma from Edinburgh to London
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LNER launched its Hitatchi-built Azuma train on the Flying Scotsman service from Edinburgh to London King’s Cross on August 1.
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UK railway news round-up
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We start this week’s railway round-up with the ongoing tragedy in Whaley Bridge, plus we headed to York to see the launch of the new Azuma trains!
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Two ‘Cromptons’ take centre stage at North Norfolk gala
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THE North Norfolk Railway’s June 14-16 mixed traction event had mixed fortunes regarding loco availability. ‘Deltic’ No. 55009 Alycidon had to be replaced by Spa Valley Railway Class 33 No. 33063 R. J. Mitchell, but the line-up had an unexpected boost by the arrival of another of the type. After delivering No. 33063 on June 11 the lorry…
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‘Shredded Wheat’ Fowler moves to the ‘Middy’
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FOWLER 20337 of 1934, a 40hp-type 0-4-0DM, was delivered to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway (the ‘Middy’) in June following restoration, where it will be a resident. The loco was delivered new to the Shredded Wheat Company 85 years ago and was recently rescued in a very dilapidated state by current owner Tony Goff. Read…
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A second engine offered to Ivatt LMS 10000 project
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THE Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society, which is aiming to construct a replica of LMS diesel-electric No. 10000, has a chance to acquire another engine of the correct type. A 16SVT power unit was acquired in 2012 – No. IH1861 – and now the RAF, which bought these engines from English Electric in 1947 for use as reserve…
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What’s in the Shops: Nicely done ‘Ninety’ from Bachmann Branchline
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Refined tooling and carefully designed electronics come together to make Bachmann’s brand new Class 90 one of its most advanced models to date, writes Nigel Burkin. Class 90 locomotives were constructed as mixed-traffic AC electrics capable of reliable operation on trains as diverse as push-pull express passenger trains, fast intermodal workings and the heavy overnight…
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Big ‘thank you’ to the Bluebell Atlantic Group
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Bachmann Europe Plc presented a cheque for £10,617.50 to the Bluebell Railway’s Atlantic Group during the line’s Atlantic House Open Weekend in June. The donation was made in recognition of assistance provided by the group during the development of the Branchline model of the H2 Class Atlantic, which was first announced during the 2013 Bachmann…
