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  • Shaw Savill to steam again after restoration begins at Heywood

    Shaw Savill to steam again after restoration begins at Heywood

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    ONE of preservation’s forgotten locomotives – ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35009 Shaw Savill – is being restored for main line operation by owner Ian Riley at his Heywood works, near Bury.  Mr Riley bought the rebuilt Bulleid 4-6-2 from Richard Stone in 2003, but other than stripping it down little work was carried out while a…

  • Clan Line makes a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway service train – for one day only

    Clan Line makes a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway service train – for one day only

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    BULLEID ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line made a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway services on August 27 during a break from its busy main line schedule.  The locomotive arrived at Sheffield Park two days previously in order to use the railway’s wheel drop to conduct a precautionary inspection and maintenance of the front bogie.…

  • City of Wells sold to East Lancashire Railway after £320k fundraising success

    City of Wells sold to East Lancashire Railway after £320k fundraising success

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    Brighton-built ‘West Country’ Light Pacific No. 34092 City of Wells can officially call the East Lancashire Railway its permanent home.

  • St Ann’s Cove: It’s time for a dress rehearsal

    St Ann’s Cove: It’s time for a dress rehearsal

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    Putting the second chunk of landscaping in place on RMM’s project N-scale layout brings an opportunity to appraise where everything else might eventually fit, particularly the harbour and its surrounds that will feature next month, writes Pete Kelly.  As the construction of any model railway layout progresses, there comes a time to pause, take stock…

  • Unrebuilt BOB Bulleid 34072 ‘257 Squadron’

    Unrebuilt BOB Bulleid 34072 ‘257 Squadron’

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    Ben Broomfield sent in these great photographs, check out his story of the unrebuilt BOB Bulleid 34072.

  • Layouts we love: What are my model locos   and rolling stock really worth?

    Layouts we love: What are my model locos and rolling stock really worth?

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    There are many ways of disposing of model railway collections, and each has its benefits. We look at today’s booming pre-used market.  Railway modelling is a restless hobby: no sooner is a layout complete than a new idea crops up and we find ourselves already thinking about something else – and if that entails a…

  • ‘Terrier’ and ‘Schools’ for Nene Valley’s Southern tribute

    ‘Terrier’ and ‘Schools’ for Nene Valley’s Southern tribute

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    LOCOMOTIVES designed by Stroudley, Maunsell and Bulleid will operate at the Nene Valley Railway this spring as the Peterborough line goes Southern for its March 9-10 steam gala. The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society’s resident Bulleid Pacific No. 34081 92 Squadron will be joined by Maunsell ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 No. 926 Repton from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway,…

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