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  • Nine steam at Leighton Buzzard gala

    Nine steam at Leighton Buzzard gala

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    THREE guest locos featured in the Leighton Buzzard Railway’s (LBR) September 15-16 gala: Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke 0-4-0ST Lautoka Mill No. 19, Patrick Keef’s Bagnall 0-4-0ST Woto and Nick Williams’ Andrew Barclay 0-4-0T Jack. Residents comprised O&K 90hp 0-6-0WT Pedemoura, Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T Doll, Baguley 0-4-0T Rishra, O&K 0-4-0WT P C Allen and De Winton…

  • Nancy in the spotlight at Alan Keef Open Day

    Nancy in the spotlight at Alan Keef Open Day

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    FORMER Eastwell Iron Ore Quarries 3ft-gauge Avonside 1547/1908 0-6-0T Nancy was the centrepiece project displayed at the annual Alan Keef Ltd’s Open Day on September 22. Nancy wasn’t quite ready to be steamed (RM July), but Avonside Nancy Restoration Group (ANRG) has now raised sufficient finance for Keef’s to complete the restoration. A steam test…

  • 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.

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