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  • Tracks to the Trenches 2

    Tracks to the Trenches 2

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Cliff Thomas reports from the Apedale Valley ‘front line’, where a second Tracks to the Trenches gala was a great success. The event marked the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. MOSELEY Railway Trust’s (MRT) inaugural Tracks to the Trenches event in 2014 was totally ground-breaking. Ambitious in scale and expensive…

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  • Steel for Paris

    Steel for Paris

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    Sam Hewitt

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    For three days in September, steam locomotives were given responsibility for heavy goods trains in Germany, including a 550-ton steel train bound for the French capital. Plandampf is alive again, but for how much longer? WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY: NICK BRODRICK “Here I stand, I can do no other.” Those were the immortal, defiant words of…

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  • Education for all: Rail story – Ingrow’s newest attraction

    Education for all: Rail story – Ingrow’s newest attraction

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Chris Milner visits the Bahamas Locomotive Society base at Ingrow West to find out about a new visitor attraction – ‘Rail Story’ – which is set to transform the railway importance of the Keighley suburb. TO SUCCESSFULLY obtain money from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a railway-related project, the proposal has to offer more…

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  • Lines under threat – Will the ‘Flyer’ be Grounded?

    Lines under threat – Will the ‘Flyer’ be Grounded?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Opposition to converting the semi-rural Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey line into a guided busway is mounting. Peter Brown takes a look at the proposals. THE name of ‘The Abbey Flyer’ sounds rather like a title for a comedy film on the lines of something similar to The Titfield Thunderbolt. However, in reality, this…

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  • Railway Relics: Sign of the Times

    Railway Relics: Sign of the Times

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    Sam Hewitt

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    One of the most overlooked aspects of our railway heritage is its wonderful architecture. Many aspects of the past, including former company names and crests in stone or metal, have survived in one form or another into the 21st century. Many are visible to today’s passengers, others less so. Steve Ryszka take us on a…

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  • Bredgar’s little gem

    Bredgar’s little gem

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Gareth Evans visits the Bredgar & Wormshill Railway to discover the latest developments at the 2ft-gauge line in Kent, run by a group of friends, and open once a month to the public. IT STARTED with a standard gauge engine that brothers Bill and David Best almost bought – yet it resulted in a charming…

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  • Practice & Performance: Tanks Across the Water

    Practice & Performance: Tanks Across the Water

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    Sam Hewitt

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    This month, Keith Farr looks at the performance of the ‘WT’ class 2-6-4 tank locos that were built at Derby Works for the Northern Counties Committee. In ‘Tank Engines Triumphant’ (March 2017), we examined the highly successful LMS and BR 2-6-4Ts designed under Fowler, Stanier, Fairburn and Riddles. Another member of the family, the Derby-designed…

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  • Steam gala – French style: France’s premier preserved line holds 10th Fête de la Vapeur – and it’s the best ever!

    Steam gala – French style: France’s premier preserved line holds 10th Fête de la Vapeur – and it’s the best ever!

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    Sam Hewitt

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      By Keith Fender THIS year’s Fête de la Vapeur festival – the 10th to be held – was the biggest ever with steam locos visiting from England, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, along with others from museum railways elsewhere in France. In total 15 different steam locos were at the event, which ran from Friday-Sunday,…

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  • Lazarus Lines – Somerset & Dorset Special: Midsomer Norton and beyond

    Lazarus Lines – Somerset & Dorset Special: Midsomer Norton and beyond

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Marking the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Somerset & Dorset Railway (S&DJR), this special Lazarus Lines feature by Cliff Thomas describes progress by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton on the route of a fondly remembered railway. The Somerset & Dorset is a lost railway which stirs emotions in…

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  • A Narrow Gauge railway under south London

    A Narrow Gauge railway under south London

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south London – albeit a temporary one. MAJOR tunnelling projects are normally accompanied by construction railways using locos designed for mining and tunnelling – by their nature these railways are temporary…

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