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  • Lazarus Locomotives – Completing the set

    Lazarus Locomotives – Completing the set

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    Sam Hewitt

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    None of the Hawksworth ‘County’ 4-6-0 class survived the cutter’s torch despite their relatively young age when steam was phased out on BR’s Western Region. David Bradshaw provides an update on the Great Western Society’s project to re-create that missing link in the GWR passenger locomotive stable… but it needs a little help from RM…

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  • Names of the Past – P B Whitehouse

    Names of the Past – P B Whitehouse

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the seventh of our series on the writers and artists who influenced the present generation of rail enthusiasts, Robert Humm recalls the life and times of the photographer, film maker, and pioneer preservationist Patrick Whitehouse. A phenomenon of the golden age of railway enthusiasm – those four decades of the 1950s to 1980s –…

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  • ACCIDENT ANALYSIS – Fatal Fracture

    ACCIDENT ANALYSIS – Fatal Fracture

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the fourth of our series looking back at major railway accidents, Fraser Pithie recalls what was a terrible accident in terms of loss of life – an event that took place 50 years ago, in 1967. Much was learnt from the tragic and profound events that arose from a fateful Bonfire Night at Hither…

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  • Class 50s at fifty: Half a century of Hoovering

    Class 50s at fifty: Half a century of Hoovering

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It is 50 years since BR took delivery of its last mixed traffic Type 4 diesel design. Ben Jones looks back at the early life of the English Electric ‘D400s’ and the recent main line revival of the surviving machines. IT COULD be argued the Class 50s are the diesel equivalent of Oliver Bulleid’s famous…

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  • Bridgnorth station: Building for the future

    Bridgnorth station: Building for the future

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ben Jones visits Bridgnorth to discover how the Severn Valley Railway is investing in new facilities to cope with ever-increasing visitor numbers. BRITAIN’S railways are busier than they’ve ever been, and our world-class heritage lines are no exception. From miniature railways to extensive standard gauge operations such as the Severn Valley Railway (SVR), more and…

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  • Virgin celebrates 20 years at helm of West Coast rail franchise

    Virgin celebrates 20 years at helm of West Coast rail franchise

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the 1990s Virgin saw a future in UK railways and secured one of the highest profile rail franchises. 20 years on it has transformed travel but for the first 10 years it was a tumultuous ride. Steven Knight, who for more than 12 years was part of Virgin Rail’s media, staff and stakeholder communications…

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  • The unexpected history connecting railways and music

    The unexpected history connecting railways and music

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The link between railways and music is extremely strong, as our best-selling souvenir issue on the subject revealed three years ago. Now, British folk singer Billy Bragg has produced an album of popular railroad songs with a difference – they were recorded not in a studio, but on trains and stations during a 2,728-mile journey…

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  • Safeguarding on Transport: The RM backs public transport initiative to protect children at risk

    Safeguarding on Transport: The RM backs public transport initiative to protect children at risk

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Readers are likely to be familiar with the work of the Railway Children charity in India and East Africa, helping and supporting vulnerable youngsters. Lesser known is the fact the charity now provides vital support for children in the UK under its Safeguarding on Transport programme. And this month a special RM charter will be…

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  • Railfreight Sectors – Blocks, Diamonds and Waves

    Railfreight Sectors – Blocks, Diamonds and Waves

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    Sam Hewitt

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    October 1987 saw BR launch a bold new image for its Railfreight business. Thirty years on Ben Jones looks at how the image was applied across the fleet. IT WAS the dawn of a new era for BR’s Railfreight business – a bright new image with bold graphics, locomotives and wagons dedicated to specific areas,…

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  • Practice and Performance – ‘Aussie’ territory

    Practice and Performance – ‘Aussie’ territory

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    Sam Hewitt

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    This month’s Practice & Performance by John Heaton FCILT looks at the WD ‘Austerity’ 2-8-0s, ubiquitous freight locomotives, based on the Stanier 8F. They were produced during a two-year spell from 1943 – with modifications by Robert Riddles. IT COULD be almost any winter’s day in the 1950s. Mirfield station nestles against the eastern edge…

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