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First new Subway train delivered

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport (SPT) took delivery of the first new train for the Glasgow Subway line on May 4. It is one of 17 being built by Stadler/Ansaldo for the Subway, which are due to enter service in 2020. The trains are capable of driverless operation and are the same length as the current…
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Never Again Publishing

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Web Editor

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28th June 2019

Never Again Publishing are an independent book publisher that formed in 2017 to create and distribute a definitive pictorial record of the activities of the Master Neverers Association (MNA) in the 1960s.
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Arrowfile: Unique Archival Storage & Presentations solutions

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Web Editor

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28th June 2019

Arrowfile – The Archival Collectable Storage Specialists perfect for Railway Enthusiasts…
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Llandudno & Colwyn Bay replica on the road again

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Sam Hewitt

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27th June 2019

THE Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society’s re-creation of former Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway (L&CBER) open-top double-deck Brush car No. 7 was out on the road again during April and May. The semi-restored car has been rebuilt using the body of former Bournemouth Corporation Tramways No. 126, which shared the same 3ft 6in-gauge as the…
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Watkin returns to Caernarfon

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Sam Hewitt

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27th June 2019

DE Winton 0-4-0VBT Watkin was moved into a display location in Welsh Highland Railway’s new £3million Caernarfon station at the beginning of April. The 1893-built locomotive was built at De Winton’s Caernarfon works on the waterfront, just yards from the new station. After working on the Penmaenmawr granite quarries’ jetty it became derelict by…
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Hampshire trust to leave Bursledon Brickworks

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Sam Hewitt

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27th June 2019

HAMPSHIRE Narrow Gauge Railway Trust (HNGRT) is leaving its base at Bursledon Brickworks Museum at the end of this year. HNGRT has run a railway at this site, which includes a short passenger carrying line, for 22 years. The group says it doesn’t know if it will continue elsewhere, with further announcements to…
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Pwllheli horse tram surviving the elements

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Sam Hewitt

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26th June 2019

THE sole-surviving 3ft-gauge horse tram from Soloman Andrews’ Pwllheli & Llanbedrog Tramway appears to be standing up well to the elements at the Plas Glan y Weddw arts centre. The 1897-built enclosed Brush car has been on outdoor display at the site it once served since 2016, following an agreement between Pwllheli Town Council and…
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No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

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Sam Hewitt

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26th June 2019

No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio built for the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for its Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works, where they would be evaluated alongside three new six-coupled diesel electric locomotives, which had…
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Corwen opening on target as Llangollen fills embankment ‘Gap’ to complete trackbed

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Sam Hewitt

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25th June 2019

THE Llangollen Railway is another step closer having trains able to run into its new Corwen Central station following the filling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment immediately east of the station site. After six solid days’ effort by contractor and volunteers, the northern batter (boundary) of the embankment was completed on May 14. About…
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‘Q6’ becomes ‘T2’ after North Eastern identity is restored

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Sam Hewitt

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25th June 2019

THE North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) relaunched its Raven ‘Q6’ 0-8-0 No. 63395 on May 1 as North Eastern Railway ‘T2’ No. 2238 – all part of the locomotive’s centenary year commemorations. The transformation has included repainting the loco into the NER livery the locomotive carried when it emerged from Darlington Works in December 1918. The…
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