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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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Your Gallery | 60103 Flying Scotsman
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Keith Halse has sent in some impressive photography of No. 60103 Flying Scotsman passing Corfe Castle on a visit to Swanage Railway.
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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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Pwllheli horse tram surviving the elements
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THE sole-surviving 3ft-gauge horse tram from Soloman Andrews’ Pwllheli & Llanbedrog Tramway appears to be standing up well to the elements at the Plas Glan y Weddw arts centre. The 1897-built enclosed Brush car has been on outdoor display at the site it once served since 2016, following an agreement between Pwllheli Town Council and…
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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…
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‘Q6’ becomes ‘T2’ after North Eastern identity is restored
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THE North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) relaunched its Raven ‘Q6’ 0-8-0 No. 63395 on May 1 as North Eastern Railway ‘T2’ No. 2238 – all part of the locomotive’s centenary year commemorations. The transformation has included repainting the loco into the NER livery the locomotive carried when it emerged from Darlington Works in December 1918. The…
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Bahamas and Rocket take centre stage at open weekend
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STANIER ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will be returning to the Midlands this month as the star exhibit at the Tyseley Locomotive Works/Vintage Trains open weekend on June 22-23. No. 45596 made its public debut at the Tyseley open weekend last September upon completion of its Heritage Lottery-funded overhaul, but since its main line trials and subsequent…
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Straighter and faster for Midland Main Line at Market Harborough
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Market Harborough station reopened to passengers on June 3 after a six-day blockade to connect the newly realigned station to the Midland Main Line (MML). Originally planned as part of the MML electrification programme, the elimination of tightly curved platforms in the Leicestershire town allows higher line speeds and increases safety for passengers using the…
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