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6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam
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COLLETT ‘64XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 6412 will return to the railway it called home for 33 years next month when it takes part in the West Somerset Railway’s anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event will celebrate 40 years since trains started running to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and aims to capture some of the…
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A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’
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THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) is making headway with preparations to launch its project to build new Gresley class ‘V4’ No. 3403 in the spring of 2020. The trust has also revealed some of the improvements it will incorporate into the design, based on 10 years’ operation of ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado. The design will largely…
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Obituary: John Ransom (September 24, 1935- March 27, 2019)
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PHILIP John Greer Ransom was born in Northamptonshire. As a child he loved his Dartmoor pony and also cycled to watch the trains on the West Coast Main Line. He developed a passion for steam power and canals, which continued into his late teens when the family moved to North Wales. While in his twenties,…
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Your Gallery | Jubilee 45690 at Ribblehead
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Jubilee 45690 “Leander” coasts across the viaduct at Ribblehead.
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Your Gallery | BR ‘4MT’ 4-6-0 No. 75069
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The restoration has taken 24 years to complete, cost £900,000 and 25,000 man hours of effort.
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Final preparations under way for ‘Big Boy’ No. 4014 debut in USA
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The Union Pacific Steam Team is busy making final preparations for the May 4 debut.
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Your Gallery | 46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ & more!
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Heritage Railway reader Alan Padley has sent in this magnificent collection of photographs. Check them out below! “46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ heads through Goldthorpe with ‘The Yorkshireman’ 1Z35 Ealing Broadway-York,” Alan said. Pictured above, Alan also sent in this striking shot of 5820 ‘Big Jim’ at KWVR. Alan also sent in this picture of 41241…
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Your Gallery | No. 9466 departs Buckfastleigh
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Robert Sherwood has sent in this photograph of No. 9466 departing Buckfastleigh.
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Your Gallery | 92214 Leicester City
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Dave Greenwood has sent in this photograph of the 92214 Leicester City.
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: New V4: plan of action ahead of 2020 launch
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A BLUEPRINT for the strategy to build a new Gresley LNER V4 2-8-2 has been drawn up prior to the formal launch of the project. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, which 29 years ago drew up plans for a new Peppercorn A1 Pacific which materialised as No. 60163 Tornado and is now one of the…
