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  • ‘S160’ named in honour of D-Day heroes

    ‘S160’ named in honour of D-Day heroes

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    EX-United States Army Transport Corps ‘S160’ 2-8-0 No. 2253 has been named Omaha in honour of the British and Allied servicemen that took part in the D-Day landings 75 years ago. The Baldwin-built locomotive is currently in the final stages of overhaul at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and received its new nameplates and commemorative plaque…

  • Government should not manage railways, review says

    Government should not manage railways, review says

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    The appointment of a “Fat Controller” type figure would be “key for regaining public trust”.

  • Your Gallery | Bagnall No. 3023

    Your Gallery | Bagnall No. 3023

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    Frank Thurlby has sent in this stunning shot of Bagnall No. 3023 0-4-2T approaching Woody Bay Station. “Bagnall No. 3023 0-4-2T ‘Isaac’ climbs the gradient as it approaches Woody Bay Station on the Lynton & Barnstable Railway with the 11:45 train from Killington Lane on a hot and sunny summer day.” We want to see…

  • ‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add soul to Gloucs-Warks steam festival

    ‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add soul to Gloucs-Warks steam festival

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    CLOSE to 5,000 passengers travelled on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s trains during the three-day Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-17, sponsored by The RM. The successful event, which featured eight locomotives in steam, including three visitors, proved to be very profitable for the railway, attracting more visitors than in 2017, although not quite as…

  • Churnet Valley’s ‘S160’ steps in to cover Dartmouth steam shortage

    Churnet Valley’s ‘S160’ steps in to cover Dartmouth steam shortage

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    CHURNET Valley Railway-based ‘S160’ No. 6046 has followed in the tracks of its Batt Holden Ltd stablemate No. 5197 by going on hire to the Dartmouth Steam Railway in May.  The 2-8-0, seen here at Waterside with the 14.15 service from Paignton to Kingswear on May 30, was brought in to cover a shortage of power following…

  • Austrian Zillertalbahn engine to visit Welshpool for 2 years!

    Austrian Zillertalbahn engine to visit Welshpool for 2 years!

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    The Zillertalbahn’s U-class 0-6-2T No. 2 Zillertal is expected to star in the mid Wales 2ft 6in gauge line’s August 30-September 1 steam gala

  • Swanage Railway launches £350,000 ‘T3’ restoration appeal

    Swanage Railway launches £350,000 ‘T3’ restoration appeal

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    Dorset’s Swanage Railway has launched a £350,000 appeal to return London & South Western Railway (LSWR) ‘T3’ 4-4-0 No. 563 to full working order. The 563 Locomotive Group, under the umbrella of the Swanage Railway Trust, hopes to raise the money in a suitable time window to allow the 1893-built former National Railway Museum loco to…

  • £120,000 appeal launched to return Irish preservation group’s Slieve Gullion to steam

    £120,000 appeal launched to return Irish preservation group’s Slieve Gullion to steam

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    The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland has launched a £120,000 appeal to complete the restoration of its semi-overhauled flagship Great Northern Railway (Ireland) ‘S’ class No. 171 Slieve Gullion. The popular 4-4-0 last steamed in July 2002, and in early 2014 it crossed the Irish Sea to undergo a contract overhaul by Rail Restorations North East…

  • Double-headed ‘Manors’ help WSR mark 40 years of steaming to Bishops Lydeard

    Double-headed ‘Manors’ help WSR mark 40 years of steaming to Bishops Lydeard

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    A FOURTEEN-coach train hauled by a pair of Collett ‘Manor’ 4-6-0s was the undoubted highlight of the West Somerset Railway’s 40th Anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event celebrated four decades since the ‘Wizzer’ returned steam to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and was a strong illustration that the worst of the railway’s problems…

  • ‘Crab & Winkle’ Invicta re-homed in Whitstable

    ‘Crab & Winkle’ Invicta re-homed in Whitstable

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    Canterbury & Whitstable Railway (C&WR) 0-4-0 Invicta left its long-term home in the city of Canterbury on June 16 to become the star exhibit in the Whitstable Community Museum and Gallery. The veteran locomotive was constructed in 1829 at Robert Stephenson & Co’s Forth Street works in Newcastle immediately after the world-famous Rocket. On arrival…

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