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  • Mangapps celebrates 30th anniversary

    Mangapps celebrates 30th anniversary

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Mangapps Railway, Essex, held an anniversary gala over the August 24-26 bank holiday weekend. The railway and extensive museum have been built up entirely from scratch by the Jolly family over the past 30 years.  The line has grown enormously since then, when the presence of main line diesels would have been unimaginable, but…

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  • Sulzer Type 2s in spotlight at Caledonian weekend event

    Sulzer Type 2s in spotlight at Caledonian weekend event

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Caledonian Railway, running between Brechin and Bridge of Dun, held a diesel weekend on August 17-18.  All trains were worked by a pair of Sulzer Type 2s – Class 26 No. D5314 and Class 27 No. D5370. Only one was double headed on the Saturday, returning top-and-tailed. All other trains were headed by one loco or…

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  • Unlimited access to more than 100 books for only 99p!

    Unlimited access to more than 100 books for only 99p!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The extensive collection of steam, electric and diesel publications takes you through the decades, right up to the very latest models on the lines today.

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  • Leighton Buzzard Railway: 100 not out

    Leighton Buzzard Railway: 100 not out

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Cliff Thomas reports on a rare heritage anniversary – a 2ft-gauge railway that has operated continuously for a century. THE Leighton Buzzard Railway (LBR) will celebrate the line’s 100th anniversary of continuous operation on November 17, the nearest Sunday to the original opening date.  Numerous heritage railways have marked anniversaries of 100 years from the…

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  • Classic stations: Newcastle Central

    Classic stations: Newcastle Central

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Newcastle Central is a listed building, the city’s major transport hub, and acts as both a terminus and a through station. Graeme Pickering recalls the station’s impressive past and assesses plans recently outlined for the future. NEWCASTLE Central station is widely regarded as one of the finest in the country. Its neo-classical frontage and sheer…

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  • Bath conundrum

    Bath conundrum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues.  In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No. 568 on a Bournemouth train, and specifically No. 41902 preparing to leave on a local to Bristol St Philip’s.  One…

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  • Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

    Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie and The Railway Magazine look back over 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation…

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  • GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

    GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since the National Railway Museum opened its outstation in Shildon, County Durham. Bob Tiller, GBRf engineering director, said: “The work Locomotion does to showcase the history of the railways is an inspiration,…

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  • New Hybrid locos for Snowdon Mountain line

    New Hybrid locos for Snowdon Mountain line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    SNOWDON Mountain Railway (SMR) has named Clayton Equipment Limited, specialists in bespoke hybrid battery-diesel locomotives, as preferred supplier of replacements for its Hunslet 0-4-0DH locomotives.  Two new locos will be supplied next spring to enter service for the start of the 2020 season. The new hybrid 800mm-gauge loco for SMR is currently in the design…

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  • GB Railfreight’s pride as it unveils Class 66

    GB Railfreight’s pride as it unveils Class 66

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB RAILFREIGHT marked Brighton Pride when Class 66 No. 66773 was named Pride of GB Railfreight by The Times columnist Matthew Parris at the South Coast resort on August 2.  Sporting rainbow colours along its bodyside, GB says the loco recognises LGBT+ employees across the wider rail industry, and celebrates its on-going commitment to diversity and equality.…

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