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  • Thousands at Mid-Hants for gala marking 50 years since Southern steam bowed out

    Thousands at Mid-Hants for gala marking 50 years since Southern steam bowed out

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FOUR Bulleid Pacifics, two BR Standards and an Ivatt ‘Mickey Mouse’ tank led the charge for the Mid Hants Railway’s five-day July gala commemorating both the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern Region steam and the line’s own 40th anniversary of preservation. Some 6,175 passengers took advantage of the superb weather to travel over…

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  • PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE SPECIAL: Tornado hits Cornwall

    PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE SPECIAL: Tornado hits Cornwall

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In a P&P extra, Keith Farr rides behind ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado on an epic journey from London to Cornwall – the first visit of the class to the Duchy. Although not everything on the day went to plan, the events that saw ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado head west from Paddington on May 29 were without…

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  • Kestrel at Crewe and Class 47 alternators

    Kestrel at Crewe and Class 47 alternators

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ThIS photograph of HS4000 Kestrel at Crewe Diesel Depot on the evening of Saturday, June 5, 1971, waiting movement to Cardiff Docks, may be of interest to readers. (RM July). The bogies, having been converted to 5ft gauge, were in wagons coupled to the locomotive. Mention is made in the feature that Brush Type 4s…

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  • LAZARUS LINES: Rebirth of the Corris Railway

    LAZARUS LINES: Rebirth of the Corris Railway

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the latest instalment of our periodic Lazarus Lines features Cliff Thomas describes the resurrection the Corris Railway, previously owned by the GWR and Nationalised in 1948. THREE Welsh narrow gauge lines (all different gauges) passed through Great Western Railway ownership to become part of British Railways in 1948. The Vale of Rheidol Railway never…

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  • 7027: PHOENIX RISING: Restoring Thornbury Castle – No busman’s holiday

    7027: PHOENIX RISING: Restoring Thornbury Castle – No busman’s holiday

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It came as a great surprise to many when The Railway Magazine broke the news last August that unrestored GWR ‘Castle’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle had been sold to a 32-year-old enthusiast from Weston-super-Mare. Twelve months on and Jonathan Jones-Pratt is about to embark on the loco’s restoration, so Gary Boyd-Hope went to find out what…

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  • Classic Railway stations: Nottingham Victoria

    Classic Railway stations: Nottingham Victoria

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Robin Stewart-Smith concludes the story of the demise of an East Midlands railway station, covering the period from the Second World War to closure on September 4, 1967. Second World War 1939-1945 During the Second World War, passenger services using Nottingham Victoria were severely restricted to allow greatly increased freight, troop or special traffic between…

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  • PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: ELECTRICS, DIESELS AND ELECTRO-DIESELS

    PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: ELECTRICS, DIESELS AND ELECTRO-DIESELS

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The June issue of Practice & Performance covered a journey in the cab of a Class 92 from Euston to Glasgow. Thanks to the good offices of Serco Caledonian Sleeper and GB Railfreight. John Heaton FCILT resumes the story with a Class 73 cab ride from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. THE distinctive noise of an MTU…

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  • Mighty Old Oak open day shaping up

    Mighty Old Oak open day shaping up

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    Sam Hewitt

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    WITH the Old Oak Common open day celebrating 111 years of the depot just a few weeks away, the organisers are firming up on exhibits for the one-day event on September 2. GWR Railmotor No. 92 and trailer will appear, contrasting with Chiltern Class 121 No. 121034, while the steam heritage movement will be represented…

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  • Electric Railway Museum set to close in October

    Electric Railway Museum set to close in October

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE trustees of Electric Railway Museum have confirmed that the Coventry-based attraction will close in October. As reported in The RM, the site is earmarked for commercial development and landowner Coventry City Council has not renewed the museum’s lease. Despite concerted efforts by the trustees and volunteers behind the scenes, an alternative location for the…

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  • Romney marks 90th anniversary with fleet line-up

    Romney marks 90th anniversary with fleet line-up

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway marked its 90th anniversary with a line-up of its steam loco fleet on July 15. This remarkable shot, taken from a drone shows (front row from left): YEC 4-6-2 No. 9 Winston Churchill, Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 3 Southern Maid, Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 7 Typhoon, Krauss 0-4-4TT No.…

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