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  • ‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

    ‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

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    CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…

  • March 3 launch date at BRC for Wightwick Hall

    March 3 launch date at BRC for Wightwick Hall

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    Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ No. 6989 Wightwick Hall will have its public launch into traffic at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

  • In praise of bumpy journeys on ‘Pacers’

    In praise of bumpy journeys on ‘Pacers’

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    “I photographed my first one at Whitby in 1986 and have liked them ever since.”

  • Behind the scenes: Retaining heritage skills for the future

    Behind the scenes: Retaining heritage skills for the future

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    In our latest feature about apprentices at the Severn Valley Railway, we meet 21-year-old George Brogan, who is in his final year in the carriage & wagon department at Kidderminster. Since July, he’s been working on vehicle No. 80776, a British Railways Mk1 carriage. This innovative project will see the creation of an entirely ‘new’…

  • Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

    Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

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    No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.

  • Heritage Explorer: Four lines in four days

    Heritage Explorer: Four lines in four days

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    Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations and food for thought. On the morning of Friday, July 3, 2018, I arrived at Newark North Gate station to…

  • Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!

    Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!

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    50 years ago this year, the first seeds were sown in a bid to save a section of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. Graham Oliver, the railway’s former chief executive, recalls those early days of an embryo scheme which has subsequently blossomed into the country’s only double-track main line preserved railway.  As 1968 progressed…

  • Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!

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    50 years ago this year, the first seeds were sown in a bid to save a section of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. Graham Oliver, the railway’s former chief executive, recalls those early days of an embryo scheme which has subsequently blossomed into the country’s only double-track main line preserved railway.  As 1968 progressed…

  • LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style

    LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style

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    In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs on lesser used lines.  Any casual lineside observers on September 9, 1931 at Chellaston (some four miles from Derby on…

  • 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.

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