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  • Northampton’s Peckett in final run before overhaul

    Northampton’s Peckett in final run before overhaul

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Northampton & Lamport Railway’s (N&LR) resident Peckett ‘R4’ 0-4-0ST No. 2104 worked its final trains on January 2 (RM Jan) before being withdrawn for overhaul. However, the former Croydon B power station loco is not going to be overhauled straight away, with owner Nick Gilbert choosing to concentrate on his other N&LR-based Peckett – ‘B2’…

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  • Cameron ‘A4’ and ‘K4’ are not for sale – ‘at any price’

    Cameron ‘A4’ and ‘K4’ are not for sale – ‘at any price’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    LOCOMOTIVE owner John Cameron has ruled out all chances of Union of South Africa and The Great Marquess remaining in service after 2019 – regardless of how much he is offered to sell them. “It won’t matter how many noughts are added to the bid price because there’s no such thing as ‘an offer I…

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  • ‘End of Southern Steam 50’: Five Light Pacifics for Swanage Railway’s Bulleid bonanza…

    ‘End of Southern Steam 50’: Five Light Pacifics for Swanage Railway’s Bulleid bonanza…

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FIVE Bulleid Pacifics have been confirmed as attending the Swanage Railway’s ‘Strictly Bulleid’ event between March 31 and April 2, the largest such gathering seen in preservation to date. The line-up so far features Oliver Bulleid’s ‘Light Pacifics’ in both original air-smoothed and rebuilt forms, with all five working to an intensive timetable to help…

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  • Stepney ‘twice’ as Bluebell wins £1.1m lottery cash for Sheffield Park museum

    Stepney ‘twice’ as Bluebell wins £1.1m lottery cash for Sheffield Park museum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    STROUDLEY ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0T No. 55 Stepney will form one of the centrepiece exhibits, alongside a cutaway replica of itself, in a new museum at the Bluebell Railway. The development follows a £1.1million award from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The ASH (Accessible Steam Heritage) museum will revitalise the way the railway displays its out-of-traffic locomotives by transforming…

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  • Railways report healthy visitor figures for 2016

    Railways report healthy visitor figures for 2016

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE nation may be suffering from ‘Brexit Blues’ in some quarters following the EU referendum last June, but our preserved railways have had a good year in 2016, some recording record visitor numbers and most seeing a year-on-year passenger increase. The trend may not be unanimous, but those railways that responded to The RM’s request…

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  • Rails through the north Kerry

    Rails through the north Kerry

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Jonathan Beaumont and Barry Carse THE picturesque single-track through route that meandered south-west from Limerick to Tralee from 1880 until 1975 is still considered a loss to the Republic of Ireland’s railway network more than 40 years after it ceased to be. Known by railwaymen as the ‘North Kerry’ line, even though more of the…

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  • Spotting days recalled

    Spotting days recalled

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    Sam Hewitt

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    IN MY trainspotting days, I regularly visited the sheds on a Sunday, starting at Hornsey, then Cricklewood, Neasden, Willesden and Old Oak. On one visit to Neasden in the summer of 1959 I took the enclosed photo of ‘4MT’ No. 80142. Somebody forgot to put the brake on the loco, which rolled through the rear…

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  • George Dow

    George Dow

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the fifth in our series of railway writers and artists, the life of the great communicator and railway historian supreme is recounted by Robert Humm. George Dow was a man of many parts. Professionally he was a career railwayman for his entire working life, much of it spent in public relations on the LNER and…

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  • Push and Pull – diesel-style

    Push and Pull – diesel-style

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With the Great Central Railway-based diesel brake tender nearing completion, Nick Pigott tells the story of a unique new-build project. MANY types of modern traction-era rolling stock have survived into preservation, but a notable exception is the diesel brake tender. These extraordinary vehicles were introduced in the early 1960s when British Railways realised that many…

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  • Edinburgh Trams hits back over criticism for ‘running empty’ services

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    Sam Hewitt

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    EDINBURGH Trams has come under fire after it released figures showing the trams run only 25% full on average. Its services have the capacity for 21 million passengers each year, but only 5.3 million were carried in 2015, the latest year for which numbers have been released. The tram firm has hit back, however, stating…

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