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Chasewater recalls Littleton Colliery
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THE Chasewater Railway held an event on April 6-7 to mark the 25th anniversary of the closure of Littleton Colliery. The pit was located near Cannock, Staffordshire. It closed on December 3, 1993 and was the last working coal mine in the Cannock Chase Coalfield, thus ending deep mining in Staffordshire. ‘Janus’ 0-6-0DE (Yorkshire 2748 of 1959)…
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NER 1903 railcar enters service at Embsay & Bolton Abbey
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AWARD-winning NER electric Autocar No. 3170 and trailer car No. 3453 are now in regular operation on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, following launch on October 19 (RM Nov, p9). However, on the first day of public operation on April 17, a technical problem occurred and it looked as though the four-train service might have…
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Progress at Tarka Valley on major extension work
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PHASE 1 of the Tarka Valley Railway’s extension at Torrington, North Devon, continues apace. Following installation of the new Strail crossing panels late last year, the permanent way team has completed the pedestrian crossing permitting public access to the Tarka Trail. This was followed by preparing the trackbed and laying the next three panels of…
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Watkin returns to Caernarfon
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DE Winton 0-4-0VBT Watkin was moved into a display location in Welsh Highland Railway’s new £3million Caernarfon station at the beginning of April. The 1893-built locomotive was built at De Winton’s Caernarfon works on the waterfront, just yards from the new station. After working on the Penmaenmawr granite quarries’ jetty it became derelict by…
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Hampshire trust to leave Bursledon Brickworks
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HAMPSHIRE Narrow Gauge Railway Trust (HNGRT) is leaving its base at Bursledon Brickworks Museum at the end of this year. HNGRT has run a railway at this site, which includes a short passenger carrying line, for 22 years. The group says it doesn’t know if it will continue elsewhere, with further announcements to…
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SRPS Railtours: Forth Bridge and Borders Steam Specials
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SRPS Railtours is organising steam specials on each Sunday in August 2019.
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From the archive: The Cold North Wind
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The autumn of 1967 saw the end of steam on the Eastern Region and at the great railway centre of Crewe.
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No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development
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No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio built for the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for its Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works, where they would be evaluated alongside three new six-coupled diesel electric locomotives, which had…
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Ffestiniog Travel: Go east for an Asian Rail Adventure
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INTEREST in rail tours to far-flung places continues to be popular as train travel offers the means to see as much of a country as possible in the timeframe of a holiday. Specialist rail tour operator Ffestiniog Travel is capitalising on this trend by going east and combining exotic destinations, interesting cultures and sightseeing with…
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Corwen opening on target as Llangollen fills embankment ‘Gap’ to complete trackbed
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THE Llangollen Railway is another step closer having trains able to run into its new Corwen Central station following the filling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment immediately east of the station site. After six solid days’ effort by contractor and volunteers, the northern batter (boundary) of the embankment was completed on May 14. About…
