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  • Thousands witness ‘A1’ take Cornish branch by storm

    Thousands witness ‘A1’ take Cornish branch by storm

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE sight of a Peppercorn Pacific on a quintessential GWR branch line may have been an incongruous one, but the visit of No. 60163 Tornado to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway between May 31 and June 4 was the Cornish line’s most successful event to date. Tornado was confined to the Bodmin General-Bodmin Parkway section owing…

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  • Work begins on Corwen signalbox

    Work begins on Corwen signalbox

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CONSTRUCTION of one of the most significant aspects of the Llangollen Railway’s Corwen Central station got underway in early June when excavations began on the foundations for the new signalbox. Following last month’s news (RM June) that the station project had been boosted by a Welsh Government grant of £128,000, work on the construction of…

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  • £1million lottery cash to restore ‘J21’ for Kirkby Stephen East

    £1million lottery cash to restore ‘J21’ for Kirkby Stephen East

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE age-old adage that says ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ has proved to be particularly relevant to the Locomotive Conservation & Learning Trust (LCLT). The group has finally secured almost £1million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the restoration of North Eastern Railway ‘J21’ 0-6-0 No. 65033. The grant of £954,900…

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  • ‘Cromwell’ ready for main line return

    ‘Cromwell’ ready for main line return

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE much-anticipated return of the National Railway Museum’s ‘Britannia’ Pacific No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell to Network Rail metals draws ever closer following the locomotive’s re-entry to traffic at the Great Central Railway. Custodians the 5305 Locomotive Association recently completed a retube and the fitting of 40 new superheater elements to the Riddles Pacific at Loughborough,…

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  • Mid-Hants and Spa Valley for overhauled No. 80078

    Mid-Hants and Spa Valley for overhauled No. 80078

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE ‘Alps’ are set to echo to the sound of a BR ‘Standard 4’ tank in early July, when newly overhauled No. 80078 visits the Mid Hants Railway for its Summer Steam Gala, marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern steam. The Brighton-built 2-6-4T has recently undergone a full 10-yearly overhaul at the…

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  • LNWR Heritage calls time on sub-contract work

    LNWR Heritage calls time on sub-contract work

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE return to regular action of ‘Merchant Navy’ No. 35028 Clan Line in July sees the popular main line performer back where it belongs. However, its comeback also marks the end of an era for Crewe’s LNWR Heritage, as the Bulleid Pacific represents the last full contract overhaul that the company will carry out. The…

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  • Individual priced fare legs plan could be stillborn

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    Sam Hewitt

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    STEVE Knight’s attempt (RM June) to find out what’s going on with fares perhaps unintentionally reveals why passengers feel they are being ‘ripped-off’. He says that while the TOCs want to remove the ‘expensive, obsolete through fares which in many cases no-one buys’, the ‘vast differential is a revenue risk which will impact on the…

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  • Fateful last run of DP2: Presence of Mind

    Fateful last run of DP2: Presence of Mind

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the third of our series looking back 50 years, Fraser Pithie recalls and considers the railway accident in July 1967 at Thirsk, North Yorkshire on the East Coast Main Line. An unintended situation arising from BR’s Modernisation Programme played a central part in the accident, but a potentially more severe outcome was also surely…

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  • Classic railway stations: Nottingham Victoria

    Classic railway stations: Nottingham Victoria

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    Sam Hewitt

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    On September 4, 1967, Nottingham Victoria station bade farewell to its last passenger. In the first of a two-part feature to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of a much loved station, Robin Stewart-Smith looks at the years from construction to the start of the Second World War in 1939. Early years and construction…

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  • PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: When Steam Met its Waterloo

    PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: When Steam Met its Waterloo

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Fifty years ago, July 1967 marked the end of steam on BR’s Southern Region. Keith Farr recalls some of the outstanding performances on the former LSW main line out of London Waterloo. WATERLOO station in the 1950s was different from other London termini. Substantially rebuilt by 1921, it was more spacious and, thanks to third-rail…

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