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  • New company formed to restore ‘forgotten’ Barry Standard 4MT

    New company formed to restore ‘forgotten’ Barry Standard 4MT

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    A NEW company has been formed to overhaul and ultimately operate the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway-based BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76077. Considered for a long time to be one of the ‘lost’ ex-Barry locomotives since it arrived at Toddington in 1987 when the engine was dismantled and some work was done, it had been stored…

  • ‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

    ‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

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    CALEDONIAN Railway ‘439’ class 0-4-4T No. 419 will journey to England later this month to deputise for ‘Manor’ No. 7827 Lydham Manor at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24.  The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) loco, which returned to service following overhaul last October, has been released by the Bo’ness & Kinneil…

  • Layouts we love: The delicate dance of an A4 Pacific

    Layouts we love: The delicate dance of an A4 Pacific

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    Pete Kelly is caught up in nostalgia as he spends an hour surrounded by John White’s remarkable OO-scale Leeds and Doncaster layout.  John White has built several well-known O-scale layouts, including one that can now be seen at the Oakham Treasures Museum in Bristol called ‘Oakham Halt’, which the public can operate, and which he…

  • Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Skipton

    Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Skipton

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    HR reader Matthew Whitehouse caught the first mainline railtour since 1994 at Skipton.

  • Class 47 No. 47712 set for main line return

    Class 47 No. 47712 set for main line return

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    Crewe Diesel Preservation Group has announced that its Brush-built Type 4 is to return to the main line as part of an 18-month agreement with Locomotive Services Limited. In a statement, CDPG said: “This is a safeguarded deal whereby No. 47712 will complement LSL’s existing fleet of Class 47s on fill-in work. This will include…

  • Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas leaving Appleby

    Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas leaving Appleby

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    February saw the first mainline run of LMS Stanier Class 6P Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45596 ‘Bahamas’ for 35 years.

  • Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

    Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

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    A new boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) Darent.

  • Your Gallery | Class 4-4-0 ‘Repton’

    Your Gallery | Class 4-4-0 ‘Repton’

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    David sent in this Class 4-4-0 ‘Repton’ under the coaling tower at Grosmont.

  • Your Gallery | BR Standard 4 Class 80080

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    Roger Smith, all the way from New Zealand, has sent in this immaculately presented BR Standard 4 Class 80080

  • Your Gallery | BR Standard 4 Class 80080

    Your Gallery | BR Standard 4 Class 80080

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    Roger Smith, all the way from New Zealand, has sent in this immaculately presented BR Standard 4 Class 80080


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