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THE Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has been buoyed by the news that Collett 4-6-0 No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor will be able to see out the remainder of the year in traffic and not be withdrawn in April, as originally anticipated. The news came following the locomotive’s annual cold exam and steam test on February 3 by…

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OWNERSHIP of Churchward ‘28XX’ No. 2874 has been transferred from Dinmore Manor Locomotives Ltd (DMLL) to the newly formed charitable 2874 Trust, which will now take on the overhaul of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway-based loco. The trust is under the leadership of former Glos–Warks chairman Malcolm Temple, and formally took custodianship of the 1918-built 2-8-0 on…

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A GRANT of £5,000 from the Hugh Fraser Foundation has enabled the Scottish Railway Preservation Society to meet the £122,000 purchase price to acquire ex-Turkish State Railways (TCDD) ‘8F’ 2-8-0 No. 45170 from owner John Oldcorn. The majority of the funding to buy the Glasgow-built locomotive has come through public donation, amounting to around £118,000, with…

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GB RAILFREIGHT has revealed that it is considering new high-speed, high-value parcels services using soon-to-be-redundant InterCity 125 sets. The short-formed sets, with three or four modified Mk3 trailers, would be used to tap into the rapidly increasing same-day and overnight premium delivery market for mail order parcels. Speaking to The RM, GBRf managing director John…

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A rare chance to mark the 120th anniversary of The Railway Magazine with a one-off railtour Saturday, October 7, 2017 YOU are invited to celebrate three major anniversaries by joining us on an exclusive Railway Magazine charter train from Euston to Glasgow. This once-in-a-lifetime special is being staged to commemorate: ■ The 120th anniversary of…

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GREAT Central Railway carriage & wagon superintendent Tom Tighe is presented with The Railway Magazine Preservationist of the Year award by editor Chris Milner in front of SR 4-6-0 No. 777 Sir Lamiel on February 8. Both Tom and Chris were unable to attend the Heritage Railway Association awards ceremony in Wolverhampton on February 11.…

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MORE than 5,500 passengers sampled a slice of modern railway history in mid-February when Peppercorn ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado returned scheduled steam-hauled service trains to the national network. Between February 14 and 16, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s Apple Green 4-6-2 took charge of Northern Rail’s 08.25 Appleby-Skipton service, returning on the 10.44 ex-Skipton. The…

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THE 6201 Society, owners of LMS ‘Princess Royal’ Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth, is reeling after a visit from the boiler inspector left them with a demand to have the Pacific’s boiler lifted and a catalogue of repairs to complete. Princess Elizabeth is currently out of traffic undergoing a major winter maintenance programme at the…

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A FLEET of no-frills ‘Very Light Trains’ could be introduced in the north-east of England by 2019 as part of a £4million trial. The project is being supported by the Department for Transport, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), and several large rail industry suppliers. The VLR Technologies (VLRT) consortium is being helped by DfT…

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