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  • New Toddington firm takes on Standard Mogul restoration

    New Toddington firm takes on Standard Mogul restoration

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FORGOTTEN Riddles ‘4MT’ 2-6-0 No. 76077 will have its restoration completed by a brand new company based at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The Horwich-built Mogul has been handed over by former owner Chris Hinton to newly formed Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), which has been set up by Mr Hinton and other Gloucs-Warks volunteers to restore…

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  • Was a conflict of interest the reason for British Rails’s early reluctance to adopt diesel traction?

    Was a conflict of interest the reason for British Rails’s early reluctance to adopt diesel traction?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I REALLY enjoyed Bob Gwynne’s article in the December 2018 issue on the reluctance of British Railways in the early years after Nationalisation to continue the development of diesel traction pioneered by the private railway companies. One key insight Bob omitted, which is an important factor in BR’s reluctance to abandon steam, was the conflict…

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  • Retaining heritage skills for the future

    Retaining heritage skills for the future

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The third feature in our series about Severn Valley Railway apprentices focuses on Ryan Parsons, who is building a new boiler for an Isle of Man loco. IN THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) boiler shop at Bridgnorth, improver boilersmith Ryan Parsons is tacklinga new-build boiler. An improver grade is the first level for qualified employees…

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  • ‘Highline’ for London?

    ‘Highline’ for London?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…

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  • Railway relics

    Railway relics

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Steve Ryszka presents another selection of railway architecture images showing erstwhile railway company names, crests and signs, which still provide a reminder of the halcyon days of railways. View more images in the January 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!

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  • Shirebrook diesel depot

    Shirebrook diesel depot

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Robin Stewart-Smith remembers the busy Nottinghamshire motive power depot which, in its heyday, provided locos for many coal trains emanating from local collieries. SHIREBROOK Diesel Depot officially opened in June 1965 as a new-build ‘running shed’ resulting from the BR’s Modernisation Plans. It was ideally placed to service the diesel locomotive fleet that worked the…

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  • The ‘Lanky’ devotee who saved… Southern engines

    The ‘Lanky’ devotee who saved… Southern engines

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Worth Valley founding father Richard Greenwood has followed steam for a lifetime, both at the lineside and in the thick of preservation. He tells his remarkable life story to Howard Johnston. As he strolls quietly through Haworth yard at his beloved Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR), Richard Greenwood has good reason to be satisfied…

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  • Inside Track – the complete holiday experience

    Inside Track – the complete holiday experience

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Welcome to the world of Inside Track. We are committed to creating and developing quality holidays throughout the UK and Europe with an exciting and varied range of destinations. Being only a small organisation we are able to offer a personable service to each and every client – and that’s the way we like it!…

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  • Locospotting pioneer

    Locospotting pioneer

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Every self-respecting LNER enthusiast is aware of the RCTS ‘green books’ – the monumental series of volumes describing the company’s entire locomotive fleet. What is not so well known is that the man who made the books possible, series editor Eric Fry, is still with us. On the eve of his 90th birthday, he tells…

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  • Steam Dreams announces nostalgic holidays by steam

    Steam Dreams announces nostalgic holidays by steam

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Steam Dreams Rail Co has recently announced an exciting programme of holidays by steam for 2019, including a nine-day trip to the Scottish Highlands, featuring Flying Scotsman, and a six-day Emerald Isle ‘Craic Express’ trip, with the option to see much of the stunning Wild Atlantic Way. On Thursday, May 9, the Highlands and…

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