Mid-Hants Railway

  • Mid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines

    Mid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines

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    URIE Locomotive Society-owned ‘S15’ No. 506 has steamed at the Mid-Hants Railway ahead of an imminent return to service.  The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 last ran in 2001, and since then has received extensive boiler repairs along with a comprehensive bottom-end overhaul.  This work has included the removal and replacement of the front bufferbeam, and attention to corroded…

  • Watercress Line Urie S15 No. 506 relaunched into traffic!

    Watercress Line Urie S15 No. 506 relaunched into traffic!

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    There were scenes of elation at the Mid-Hants Railway’s Alresford station on Sunday, June 2, when the Urie Locomotive Society (ULS) relaunched one of its two Urie S15s, No. 506, following an 18-year overhaul.

  • Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Mid-Hants Urie S15 set for May return

    Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Mid-Hants Urie S15 set for May return

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    THE Mid-Hants Railway is looking forward to the eagerly-anticipated return to traffic of Urie S15 No. 506 this summer. As featured in issue 250, the 4-6-0 is fast approaching completion at Ropley Works. With its steam test set to take place at the end of April, the locomotive is due to enter traffic during May.…

  • 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…

  • 2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

    2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

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    THE quote often attributed to Henry Ford about “a car painted any colour so long as it’s black” had a certain resonance on the final day of the Mid-Hants Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala, with perhaps a little editing to say “a locomotive painted any colour so long as it’s BR black”. Whether by coincidence or…

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