Sam Hewitt

THE Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway’s 40m extension to its carriage shed at Embsay has been completed by Spanlite UK Ltd. The new structure is formed of plastisol-coated steel panels over a galvanised-formed steel frame, and almost doubles the length of the original 50m shed. The extension has been built to safeguard the future of…

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IT WAS a case of ‘one in, one out’ for Herston-based Southern Locomotives Ltd (SLL) this summer – taking one of its Bulleid ‘Battle of Britain’ Pacifics in for overhaul and releasing another for testing. The premature withdrawal of No. 34070 Manston following its low-speed collision with Riddles 2-6-4T No. 80104 on July 24 (see p71) quashed…

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LONDON Transport-liveried 0-6-0PT No. L92 (ex-GWR ‘57XX’ No. 5786) gets away from Buckfastleigh with the 12.15 to Totnes Riverside on August 4. This was the locomotive’s first run under its own power following major firebox repairs, having passed a steam test on July 29. The pannier had worked a test run with ‘4575’ 2-6-2T No. 5526 on the…

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AUGUST 7 was a red letter day for Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd’s flagship engine No. 7820 Dinmore Manor when the Collett 4-6-0 passed the 100,000 miles in preservation mark. No. 7820 joins a select group of locos to achieve this milestone, which includes classmates Erlestoke Manor and Bradley Manor, Stanier Mogul No. 42968 and ‘B1’ No. 61264, having passed…

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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) £9.2million Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey (YMJ) sustainability project has been boosted by a grant of half the total sum – £4.6million – from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The YMJ project is centred on securing the future of the 180-year-old route by investing in its infrastructure, repairing and replacing bridges, and…

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A NEW headshunt capable of accommodating a BR ‘9F’ 2-10-0 has been created on the site of the Llangollen Railway’s Corwen Central station as construction of the new western terminus pushes forward. Preparations for lengthening the headshunt involved dismantling the original ‘statement of intent’ stop block and surveying the ground that forms the remains of…

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WEST Coast Railways’ LMS rebuilt ‘Royal Scot’ No. 46115 Scots Guardsman reached the end of its boiler ticket in August – a little over nine years after it made its BR green debut at the Carnforth Open Weekend in July 2008. The final train was West Coast’s ‘Dalesman’ on August 15, taking the ‘Scot’ from Hellifield…

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THE East Somerset Railway (ESR) has been awarded a second major contract overhaul job following its recent completion of Ivatt ‘2MT’ 2-6-2T No. 41313 for the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. On August 16 the ESR announced agreement had been reached with the Dartmouth Steam Railway for Cranmore to undertake the overhaul of GWR ‘5205’ 2-8-0T…

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CHURCHWARD ‘28XX’ 2-8-0 has become the latest, and apparently the last, locomotive to be removed by the National Railway Museum and gifted to another organisation. The locomotive currently resides at the NRM’s Locomotion outpost in Shildon and has been transferred to STEAM Museum in Swindon. It is expected to move to its new home later…

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