Sam Hewitt

BRIGHTON-built ‘West County’ Light Pacific No. 34092 City of Wells could make the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) its permanent home if the Bury line’s new fundraising appeal to buy the loco is successful. The air-smoothed Bulleid is currently owned by Richard Greenwood, John Adams and Graham Bentley, but after 46 years of maintaining and operating the…

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NORTH Yorkshire Moors Railway-based Thompson ‘B1’ No. 61264 will appear at the Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Steam Gala on March 16-18, an event that will have a strong Eastern Region feel. The Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust’s BR black 4-6-0 is the third loco with LNER/BR(E) links to be confirmed for the season-opening event, joining the Apple…

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LSWR ‘T3’ 4-4-0 No. 563 left the Swanage Railway on November 13 pending assessment for restoration at the Flour Mill Workshops in the Forest of Dean. No. 563 took part in a special Timeline Events photo charter on November 12, organised to raise funds towards the 4-4-0’s restoration. This atmospheric scene was captured at Corfe Castle…

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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway has launched a new appeal to raise £2.5million over the next five years, which in turn will help provide the railway with a long-term sustainable future. The Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey (YMJ) appeal went ‘live’ with the autumn edition of the NYMR’s society journal Moors Line at the end of October,…

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POPULAR ‘Black Five’ No. 45231 The Sherwood Forrester returned to main line metals on November 15 following an intermediate overhaul at LNWR Heritage in Crewe. The Stanier 4-6-0, which is part of Jeremy Hosking’s Locomotive Services Ltd fleet, undertook main line loaded test runs around the Hellifield loop on November 15, conducted under the West Coast…

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THE formal rededication of BR(W) ‘Castle’ No. 7029 Clun Castle at Tyseley on October 28 was very much a family affair, as generations of both the Whitehouse and Meanley families gathered to welcome the Collett 4-6-0 back into traffic. The term ‘iconic’ is often overused in preservation parlance, but No. 7029 is a locomotive worthy of such…

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Join us for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations to mark 50 years of the Class 50s, Rail Express (sister title of The Railway Magazine) has teamed up with Pathfinder Tours, Riviera Trains, GB Railfreight and the Class 50 Alliance to run a charter…

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Join Rail Express (sister title to The Railway Magazine) for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations to mark 50 years of the Class 50s, Rail Express has teamed up with Pathfinder Tours, Riviera Trains, GB Railfreight and the Class 50 Alliance to run a…

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TRANSPORT Heritage NSW, the body responsible for the care of Australia’s famous ‘C38’ Pacific No. 3801, has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the streamlined locomotive returns to action next year after an 11-year absence. No. 3801 is often regarded as Australia’s answer to Flying Scotsman in fame terms and, like its UK counterpart, the course of…

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THE final ‘Electrostar train has been completed at Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane Works. It has been handed to leasing company Porterbrook, which will pass the train to GWR for use on West London and Thames Valley services. Since production of the ‘Electrostar’ began at Derby in 1999, under the auspices of ADTranz (later Bombardier) – with…

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