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“Big Jim” No.5820 sets off
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Plenty of steam at Keighley as Big Jim sets off on the third day of the KWVR Spring gala, sent in by Mike Webber.
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John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Disaster
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In a model railway world, brakevans have no brakes at all – so a breakaway can spell big trouble… The afternoon branch freight from Wempole had stopped at Knottewith Magna to pick up some wagons. The signals were cleared, and the guard waved the ‘Right away’. However, as the train passed his ’box, the signalman…
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64C Dalry Road shed – an inspiration to modellers
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Ian Lamb recalls his fascination with the former LMS ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0s that were no strangers to Dalry Road (64C), a sub-shed of Edinburgh’s St Margaret’s Depot, and one whose layout is well worth modelling. Nowadays our lives seem increasingly to be dominated by sport. If it isn’t football, it’s tennis; if not athletics, cricket, even…
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The Bluebell Railway: What an inspiration for modelling fans
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Craig Amess charts the long and often convoluted history of the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, and describes the wealth of beautifully kept historic trains and stations that await visitors. One of the most picturesque, well-visited and well-run preserved lines in the UK is the 11-mile-long Bluebell Railway in West Sussex (although Sheffield Park station actually…
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St Ann’s Cove: It’s time for a dress rehearsal
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Putting the second chunk of landscaping in place on RMM’s project N-scale layout brings an opportunity to appraise where everything else might eventually fit, particularly the harbour and its surrounds that will feature next month, writes Pete Kelly. As the construction of any model railway layout progresses, there comes a time to pause, take stock…
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Revolutionary lightweight tram planned for Coventry
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It’s design could revise thinking for cities keen to adopt VLRs as a way of cutting emissions.
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Severn Valley supports £50m scheme which could reopen Eardington Halt
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THE Severn Valley Railway has backed a £50 million holiday venue plan which could see Eardington station reopened. General manager Nick Ralls has written to Shropshire Council in support of multi-million pound plans for the leisure development on the Astbury Estate near Bridgnorth, drawn up by the FCFM Group. The estate, which already includes a…
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South Devon confirms golden anniversary celebrations
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While there will be many activities and events going on throughout the year to mark 50 years since part of the GWR Ashburton branch reopened as the Dart Valley Railway, the key centrepiece events are the April 6-14 steam gala and the July 19-21 diesel gala, the South Devon Railway has confirmed. Two locomotives which…
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Impromptu ‘gala’ brings in the crowds
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By Paul Appleton THE first day of the Severn Valley Railway’s 2019 operating season, February 16, had the air of a gala event, with former BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75069 making its public debut on the 10.30am ex-Bridgnorth and the first train off Kidderminster double-headed by GWR/PTR 0-6-0ST No. 813 and Collett 0-6-0PT No.…
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Helston gets historic St Austell GWR footbridge
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ST AUSTELL station’s landmark GWR footbridge is to stay in Cornwall after all – having been moved to the award-winning Helston Railway. There had been calls for the 1882 riveted iron lattice footbridge to remain in the duchy as part of its heritage, despite it being superseded by a new £500,000 fully-accessible footbridge five years…
