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  • Downpatrick bids to save the last NIR ‘Thumper’ set

    Downpatrick bids to save the last NIR ‘Thumper’ set

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    Sam Hewitt

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    AN EXCITING project has been announced by the Downpatrick & County Down Railway to preserve and operate one of the last Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 80 Class railcar sets. This development means the future of a significant part of Ulster’s railway heritage has been secured. The 80 Class, or ‘Thumpers’ as they were nicknamed, were…

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  • Willy goes solo to help Avon Valley’s RSH appeal

    Willy goes solo to help Avon Valley’s RSH appeal

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ROBERT Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-6-0T No. 7151 has begun the journey towards a return to steam at the Avon Valley Railway (AVR), helped along the way by a four-coupled Kerr, Stuart well tank. On February 24, the AVR ran an extra steam day, featuring Bill Parker’s 0-4-0WT Willy (3063/1918) as sole motive power. The special trains…

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  • ‘Oldest survivor’ Hastings to have restoration completed at Elsecar

    ‘Oldest survivor’ Hastings to have restoration completed at Elsecar

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE oldest surviving standard gauge Hunslet 0-6-0ST – No. 469 Hastings of 1888 – will have its restoration completed at the workshops of the Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR), near Barnsley. The former contractors’ engine, which for many years was a resident at the Kent & East Sussex Railway, arrived at Elsecar on March 7 following…

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  • Special Clun Castle steaming this month

    Special Clun Castle steaming this month

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TYSELEY’s flagship Collett 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle will be the star of a special steaming at the former 48E shed on April 14 as further promotion for the Vintage Trains Community Benefit Society. The newly overhauled ‘Castle’ will be positioned and working in various locations around the site from midday to 16.00, including on…

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  • Tornado clocks 100,000 miles during 10th anniversary visit to North York Moors

    Tornado clocks 100,000 miles during 10th anniversary visit to North York Moors

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    Sam Hewitt

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    PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado surpassed the 100,000 mile mark during its recent visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The magic moment occurred just outside Pickering on March 11 when No. 60163 was working the last train of the day to Grosmont. The mileage milestone is a significant achievement for the loco and…

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  • Ribble Steam Railway – Front of House Manager

    Ribble Steam Railway – Front of House Manager

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    Web Editor

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    Ribble Steam Railway is looking to recruit a Front of House Manager to lead our existing team of predominantly volunteer Front of House, and Museum staff. Your experience and skills mean you will confidently motivate, support, and inspire others to high standards. You will be an excellent communicator, engaging with all our volunteers. Your ability…

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  • New cylinders cast for Hagley Hall

    New cylinders cast for Hagley Hall

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    Sam Hewitt

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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 programme of research and design by Elliot Powick of Stafford Road Design, who has used advanced Computer Aided Design (CAD)…

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  • A slice of S&D in Yorkshire at Worth Valley spring gala

    A slice of S&D in Yorkshire at Worth Valley spring gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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 when the classic S&D combination featured in the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway’s Spring Gala. The Somerset & Dorset Railway…

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  • Good turn-out for West Somerset’s GW ‘Routes & Branches’ gala

    Good turn-out for West Somerset’s GW ‘Routes & Branches’ gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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 ‘57XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 7714 and Mike Little’s ‘14XX’ 0-4-2T No. 1450, the latter being joined by its auto-coach No. 178. On the Thursday,…

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  • S&D to Chilcompton… almost!

    S&D to Chilcompton… almost!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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. The event provided a first opportunity to travel over part of the line’s quarter-mile extension towards Chilcompton Tunnel, which when…

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