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  • End-of-year reprieve for Erlestoke Manor

    End-of-year reprieve for Erlestoke Manor

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has been buoyed by the news that Collett 4-6-0 No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor will be able to see out the remainder of the year in traffic and not be withdrawn in April, as originally anticipated. The news came following the locomotive’s annual cold exam and steam test on February 3 by…

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  • Toddington 2-8-0 overhaul to be overseen by a new charitable trust

    Toddington 2-8-0 overhaul to be overseen by a new charitable trust

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    Sam Hewitt

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    OWNERSHIP of Churchward ‘28XX’ No. 2874 has been transferred from Dinmore Manor Locomotives Ltd (DMLL) to the newly formed charitable 2874 Trust, which will now take on the overhaul of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway-based loco. The trust is under the leadership of former Glos–Warks chairman Malcolm Temple, and formally took custodianship of the 1918-built 2-8-0 on…

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  • SRPS secures purchase of former Turkish ‘8F’

    SRPS secures purchase of former Turkish ‘8F’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A GRANT of £5,000 from the Hugh Fraser Foundation has enabled the Scottish Railway Preservation Society to meet the £122,000 purchase price to acquire ex-Turkish State Railways (TCDD) ‘8F’ 2-8-0 No. 45170 from owner John Oldcorn. The majority of the funding to buy the Glasgow-built locomotive has come through public donation, amounting to around £118,000, with…

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  • PRESERVING THE PAST: Restoring an Armoured Simplex

    PRESERVING THE PAST: Restoring an Armoured Simplex

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Greensand Railway Museum Trust (GRMT) was formed in 2000 and completed restoration of Baldwin 4-6-0T WDLR No. 778 to steam in 2007 – the only operational Baldwin class 10-12-D in Britain, indeed the world, in as-built steam locomotive form. Now, the GRMT has its eyes firmly fixed on another ‘war veteran’ restoration project as chairman Cliff…

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  • REVIEWS: Rails through the Forest

    REVIEWS: Rails through the Forest

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By the Dean Forest Railway Museum Trust THE publication of a first volume by the Dean Forest Railway Museum Trust (now out of print) about railways in the Forest of Dean, triggered an avalanche of images which have been put to use in this second volume. Covering one of the most attractive and interesting parts…

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  • ECML BLACKSPOT: Derailment at Danger

    ECML BLACKSPOT: Derailment at Danger

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Just eight days after a major accident on the newly electrified West Coast Main Line at Stechford, Birmingham, there followed another tragic event. Fraser Pithie looks back at what was, in its immediate aftermath, one of the most mysterious railway accidents of modern times. The incident involved a Class 55 ‘Deltic’ hauling an express passenger…

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  • GB Railfreight wants spare HSTs for high-speed parcels traffic

    GB Railfreight wants spare HSTs for high-speed parcels traffic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB RAILFREIGHT has revealed that it is considering new high-speed, high-value parcels services using soon-to-be-redundant InterCity 125 sets. The short-formed sets, with three or four modified Mk3 trailers, would be used to tap into the rapidly increasing same-day and overnight premium delivery market for mail order parcels. Speaking to The RM, GBRf managing director John…

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  • DOUBLE-HEADED CLASS 50s ON THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE

    DOUBLE-HEADED CLASS 50s ON THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A rare chance to mark the 120th anniversary of The Railway Magazine with a one-off railtour Saturday, October 7, 2017 YOU are invited to celebrate three major anniversaries by joining us on an exclusive Railway Magazine charter train from Euston to Glasgow. This once-in-a-lifetime special is being staged to commemorate: ■ The 120th anniversary of…

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  • MPs: Franchises failing to deliver benefits for passengers

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Department for Transport’s system for selecting companies to operate UK passenger franchises has once again been called into question. The influential House of Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) has concluded that the current franchising arrangements ‘may not be sustainable’ in the longer term without significant reforms. Although the TSC report admits that some progress…

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  • Tom Tighe receives RM Preservationist award

    Tom Tighe receives RM Preservationist award

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GREAT Central Railway carriage & wagon superintendent Tom Tighe is presented with The Railway Magazine Preservationist of the Year award by editor Chris Milner in front of SR 4-6-0 No. 777 Sir Lamiel on February 8. Both Tom and Chris were unable to attend the Heritage Railway Association awards ceremony in Wolverhampton on February 11.…

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