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LMS Patriot – new contractor selected to complete The Unknown Warrior
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The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust will complete the construction of new-build No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior at its Butterley base.
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West Coast launches regular Stratford steam
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Stratford-upon-Avon will gain its second regular steam operation later this month when West Coast Railways launches its ‘Merchant of Avon’ trains on July 28. Five summer Sunday trains are planned initially, starting from Burton-on-Trent and calling at Tamworth, Coleshill Parkway, Henley-in-Arden, Tyseley, Dorridge and Stratford on July 28, August 11/25 and September 8/22. During its…
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A1 Trust offer “exciting” opportunity to join team
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In 1990, a group of people came together to share an extraordinary ambition – to construct a brand new Peppercorn A1 Pacific.
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Coach and car parking enhancement at the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s Devil’s Bridge station
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The Vale of Rheidol Railway (VoR) has announced its latest improvement project – the enhancement of the car and coach park at the line’s Devil’s Bridge terminus. The new facility will allow the existing car park area to be opened up as a pedestrian area for visitors, with a separate coach park and will also…
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Luxury dining trains’ brief encounter in Kent
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THERE was brief chance to see two of Britain’s luxury dining trains together on May 11, writes David Staines. ‘Black Five’ No. 44871 was recessed at Lenham Loop with the 12.50 Maidstone East-Folkestone West ‘Heart of Kent Hospice Circular’ to allow LSL’s Nos. 47810 and 47853 to overtake with a ‘Statesman’ special to Canterbury. No. 44871 and the…
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Mayflower in the Highlands
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‘B1’ No. 61306 Mayflower crosses the Beauly Firth at Invershin while working a day tour from Inverness to Dunrobin Castle during Steam Dreams’ mammoth ‘Highlands and Islands’ tour of Scotland on May 9-17. The previous day, the Thompson 4-6-0 worked with No. 60103 Flying Scotsman over the Highland Main Line from Edinburgh. ‘Scotsman’ worked north from King’s…
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Bahamas becomes part of Vintage Trains roster
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‘JUBILEE’ No. 45596 Bahamas will return to Tyseley for the works open days on June 22-23. This comes only a few months after the completion of its overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works and two very successful comeback runs over the Settle to Carlisle Line. The Stanier ‘5XP’ is also booked to haul six Vintage Trains tours…
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‘Lizzie’ back on main line after repairs at Carnforth
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STANIER Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth made its main line charter comeback on April 30 with a West Coast Railways ‘Dalesman’ outing over the Settle to Carlisle (S&C) line . Out of action since November 2016, the LMS 4-6-2 made two test runs from Carnforth to Hellifield on March 14 and 28, the latter being…
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‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season
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APRIL 19 saw the start of the 2019 operating season for West Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ trains. Two of Ian Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s moved north from Carnforth to Fort William on April 16, with No. 45407 having the honour of hauling the first train three days later. No. 45212 is the other ex-LMS 4-6-0 allocated…
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A1 Trust orders TWO new boilers from DB Meiningen
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GERMAN steam locomotive works Dampflokwerk Meiningen has been awarded the contract to construct the new Diagram 118a boiler for new-build LNER ‘P2’ 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. The £1million order by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) covers not only the boiler for the Gresley Mikado, but also a second identical boiler for the trust’s…
