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Summer season at Launceston for Darjeeling engine 10 years on
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DARJEELING Himalayan Railway Sharp Stewart 0-4-0STT No. 19B is to return to the Launceston Steam Railway after 10 years for a summer visit hauling passenger trains. The only DHR locomotive outside India, and owned by former Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter, No. 19B ran on the Cornish line in August and September 2009. At Launceston,…
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Terrier finale
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By Martin Creese A SOUND synonymous with a little corner of England will fall silent for a while during March, as former LBSCR ‘Terrier’ No. 32678 is being withdrawn from traffic for its 10-yearly overhaul. That corner of England is the Kent & East Sussex Railway, a line which has featured locomotives of the class…
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No. 134 overhaul gathering pace at Inchicore works
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THE overhaul of the RPSI’s GM single cab Class 121 No. 134 by Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail is making rapid progress at Inchicore, as the old body platework is stripped back in readiness for replacement. The RPSI’s project manager Gerry Mooney describes the overhaul as “the biggest diesel restoration ever undertaken in Ireland”, and it is clear…
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County Donegal tank is back ahead of Foyle VR revival
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The return follows a £45,000 cosmetic overhaul by Heritage Engineering Ireland.
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Aveling Sirapite makes Mid-Suffolk foursome
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The Long Shop Museum at Leiston will be without its popular Aveling & Porter 4wWTG Sirapite this summer.
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Maroon ‘S160’ returns to NYMR after overhaul
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BALDWIN ‘S160’ 2-8-0 No. 2253 has returned to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) after a major 2½-year rebuild by Northern Steam Engineering at Stockton. It arrived at New Bridge Yard on February 13 sporting an attractive lined maroon livery. On February 20 it was hauled from Pickering to Grosmont, where the overhaul will be completed…
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‘Caley’ tank for NNR, East Lancs and Swanage lines
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THE Caledonian Railway’s No. 419 played a starring role at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24, and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society is capitalising on the 0-4-4T’s presence in England by adding in further visits to heritage lines. First up for the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway-based loco is the East Lancashire Railway’s…