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  • Butterley welcomes Picnic Saloon into service… after 60 years in Shirley garden!

    Butterley welcomes Picnic Saloon into service… after 60 years in Shirley garden!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A MIDLAND Railway six-wheel Picnic Saloon that spent more than 60 years in a garden in Shirley, West Midlands, was expected to enter service at the Midland Railway-Butterley as this issue of The RM went to press. Dating from 1890, the 32ft-long saloon – No. 1260 – has been the subject of an 18-year restoration…

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  • Bulleid bonanza smashes Swanage Railway records

    Bulleid bonanza smashes Swanage Railway records

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    Sam Hewitt

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    5,700 visitors lured to the Dorset coast for gala FIVE operational Bulleid Pacifics working through the Dorset countryside to the coast lured a record-breaking 5,700 visitors to Swanage Railway (SR) for the line’s Strictly Bulleid three-day attraction. The March 31-April 2 event was the railway’s contribution to this year’s commemorations marking 50 years since the…

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  • Survivor of the era prior to Grouping

    Survivor of the era prior to Grouping

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I PASS this sign every day, just opposite Hampstead Heath station, and wonder if it is a unique survivor? Advertising the LNER route to Scotland, and as Nationalisation was 1948 it must be 70 years old, at least. Are there many other such survivors of the ‘Big Four’? Dr John Hurst London Read more Letters,…

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  • Monorails of the Early 20th Century

    Monorails of the Early 20th Century

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Adrian S Garner THIS second volume in Adrian S Garner’s exhaustive study of monorails continues the story from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and reveals some remarkable railways in the UK and further afield, particularly in the USA. From exotic proposals using gyroscopes to maintain the balance of the vehicles, to suspended ‘railplanes’, exhibition…

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  • Preserving the past: The Treasures of Beamish

    Preserving the past: The Treasures of Beamish

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Mark Smithers visits Beamish Museum, one of the North East’s leading regional heritage attractions, featuring several unique railway exhibits. IN THE January 2016 issue of The Railway Magazine, my feature looked in detail at the Tanfield Railway and its important collection of industrial locomotives, many of which have a strong connection with the north-east of England.…

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  • PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: Bridge Strikes – Educating the offenders

    PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: Bridge Strikes – Educating the offenders

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Overheight vehicles hitting railway bridges has become a frequent occurrence. Network Rail is working to educate the haulage and bus industry but also pursues compensation claims against the offenders. Chris Milner investigates. SOMEWHERE in the country, a railway bridge is hit by a vehicle every day. It’s a staggering statistic, and such incidents continue to…

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  • British Rail Scene: The 1970s and early-1980s in Photographs

    British Rail Scene: The 1970s and early-1980s in Photographs

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Andy Sparks ANDY Sparks is no ordinary railway photographer, and this is not your average railway book filled with front three-quarter views of trains going around curves. Blessed with a good eye for composition and a gift for bringing out the human aspect of the 1970s and 1980s railway, the author has compiled another…

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  • Bressingham ‘Terrier’ relaunch

    Bressingham ‘Terrier’ relaunch

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    Sam Hewitt

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    STROUDLEY ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. B662 (Martello) was officially welcomed back into traffic at Bressingham Museum’s Heritage Steam Gala on April 29. The 1875-built London, Brighton & South Coast Railway ‘Terrier’ has been the subject of a comprehensive overhaul and has been turned out in Southern Railway olive green livery for the first time since 1948. While…

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  • Stuttering start for No. 60009 on its return to East Lancs

    Stuttering start for No. 60009 on its return to East Lancs

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GRESLEY ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa returned to steam at the East Lancashire Railway on April 13 following extensive repairs to its frames, axleboxes and motion by Riley & Son at Heywood. Regrettably, its debut was short-lived and the ‘Streak’, which is under the custodianship of Ian Riley, was taken out of service again…

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  • Bewdley Prairie gains its tanks

    Bewdley Prairie gains its tanks

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE restoration of the 4150 Fund’s Large Prairie No. 4150 at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway took a significant step forward on March 29 when the 2-6-2T’s boiler was removed ready to dispatch to Bridgnorth for overhaul. Volunteers used the opportunity of having a crane on site to trial-fit the loco’s new side tanks and…

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