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Category: Industrial

Chasewater recalls Littleton Colliery

1st July 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Industrial, News, Steam

THE Chasewater Railway held an event on April 6-7 to mark the 25th anniversary of the closure of Littleton Colliery.  The pit was located near Cannock, Staffordshire. It closed on December 3, 1993 and was the

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Power station decline continues as Cottam faces closure

1st July 2019 Sam Hewitt Freight, Industrial, Network, News

EDF Energy has announced it will stop electricity generation at Cottam Power Station, in Nottinghamshire, on September 30, writes Chris Booth.  The coal-fired 2,000MW facility is one of two EDF power stations in North Nottinghamshire,

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Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic

1st July 2019 Sam Hewitt Freight, Industrial, Network, News

Hogshaw Lane Sidings in Buxton have been transformed by a £14million project to accommodate longer limestone trains from local quarries.  The two sidings, close to Buxton station, are on the site of the former London

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No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

26th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

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

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GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service

26th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

Former Cardiff resident Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937) joined the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) operational fleet on April 19 following overhaul and conversion back to its original guise by owner Mike Pearce at the Barry

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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular

22nd May 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Freight, Industrial, News, Railtours

Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.

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Barclay David back in traffic at Haverthwaite

16th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway’s Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST David (2333/1953) returned to operational service on April 2.

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Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent

16th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, Steam

MARTIN Staniforth’s former Courtaulds Peckett ‘OY-1’ 0-4-0ST No. 2087 returned steam to the East Kent Railway (EKR) for the first time in almost 20 years in late-March to help celebrate the EKR’s 30th anniversary.  An

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National Railway Museum to uncover truth about the ‘Hetton Lyon’

1st May 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

The National Railway Museum has begun an investigation into the true origins of the Hetton Colliery loco Lyon of 1855.

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The Coaling Plant story: Towers of Strength – Part 1

3rd April 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Freight, Industrial, Network, Steam

The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.

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