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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway has launched a new appeal to raise £2.5million over the next five years, which in turn will help provide the railway with a long-term sustainable future. The Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey (YMJ) appeal went ‘live’ with the autumn edition of the NYMR’s society journal Moors Line at the end of October,…

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POPULAR ‘Black Five’ No. 45231 The Sherwood Forrester returned to main line metals on November 15 following an intermediate overhaul at LNWR Heritage in Crewe. The Stanier 4-6-0, which is part of Jeremy Hosking’s Locomotive Services Ltd fleet, undertook main line loaded test runs around the Hellifield loop on November 15, conducted under the West Coast…

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THE formal rededication of BR(W) ‘Castle’ No. 7029 Clun Castle at Tyseley on October 28 was very much a family affair, as generations of both the Whitehouse and Meanley families gathered to welcome the Collett 4-6-0 back into traffic. The term ‘iconic’ is often overused in preservation parlance, but No. 7029 is a locomotive worthy of such…

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Join us for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations to mark 50 years of the Class 50s, Rail Express (sister title of The Railway Magazine) has teamed up with Pathfinder Tours, Riviera Trains, GB Railfreight and the Class 50 Alliance to run a charter…

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Join Rail Express (sister title to The Railway Magazine) for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations to mark 50 years of the Class 50s, Rail Express has teamed up with Pathfinder Tours, Riviera Trains, GB Railfreight and the Class 50 Alliance to run a…

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TRANSPORT Heritage NSW, the body responsible for the care of Australia’s famous ‘C38’ Pacific No. 3801, has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the streamlined locomotive returns to action next year after an 11-year absence. No. 3801 is often regarded as Australia’s answer to Flying Scotsman in fame terms and, like its UK counterpart, the course of…

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THE final ‘Electrostar train has been completed at Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane Works. It has been handed to leasing company Porterbrook, which will pass the train to GWR for use on West London and Thames Valley services. Since production of the ‘Electrostar’ began at Derby in 1999, under the auspices of ADTranz (later Bombardier) – with…

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DECEMBER 10 will see the London North Western name return to the West Coast Main Line when the Abellio/JR East/Mitsui joint venture assumes control of the West Midlands franchise. The current London Midland branding will be replaced by London Northwestern on the operator’s long-distance semi-fast routes from London Euston to the West Midlands and north-west…

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By Keith Fender THE ‘Pullman Orient-Express’ – a set of 1920s-built Pullman cars, preserved and maintained in operational condition in France by national operator SNCF – made a surprise visit to London on November 2. The train was in London to promote the new film Murder on the Orient-Express, starring Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Johnny…

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