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NEW polystyrene patterns for ‘Hall’ No. 4930 Hagley Hall’s replacement cylinders have been sent to Shakespeare Foundry in Preston for casting, which should begin on March 19. It marks the culmination of a highly skilled

THE sight of a Somerset & Dorset ‘7F’ 2-8-0 double-heading with a ‘4F’ 0-6-0 was once common in the south west of England, but unheard of in the wilds of West Yorkshire… until early March

AS THIS issue of The RM went to press, the West Somerset Railway (WSR) was in post-gala wrap-up mode following its March 22-25 Great Western Routes & Branches event. From the Severn Valley Railway came

ROGER Hibbert’s ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0T No. 47406 made a return visit to the Midsomer Norton base of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust for its March 10-11 Spring Gala (pictured), working alongside resident Sentinel 4wVBT No. 7109.

HEAVY snow and Siberian temperatures once again hit our preserved railways in mid-March, just weeks after the crippling effects of the ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma. Fortunately, the majority of heritage lines were

THE Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s annual Cotswold Festival of Steam next month will be the first gala to include the new extension to Broadway, and The Railway Magazine and its sister title Heritage Railway will be

THE return of ‘King’ No. 6024 King Edward I took a major step forward on March 15 when the popular main line performer was reunited with its wheels at Minehead, West Somerset Railway. The frames were

LAST-MINUTE loco unavailability and the reappearance of heavy snow could have spelt disaster for the Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Gala on March 16-18. However, the true spirit of inter-railway co-operation and the efforts of volunteers

IN RAILWAY heritage terms, giant is too small a word to describe Sir William McAlpine. The man was quite simply a colossus. Described variously as ‘Britain’s greatest railway enthusiast’, ‘Preservation’s best friend’ and ‘Champion of