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Peckett Hornet for 2020 Ribble Steam Railway debut

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

RESORATION of Peckett ‘W6 Special’ 0-4-0ST Hornet (1935/1937) is expected to be complete in time for the loco to star at Ribble Steam Railway’s (RSR) 2020 spring gala on March 28-29. The former Black Park Colliery loco has never run in preservation, and its rebuild has been a major undertaking for the RSR team at…
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West Calder footbridge installed at Birkhill

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

A FORMER Caledonian Railway footbridge that was rescued from West Calder on the Shotts line in West Lothian was installed at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway’s Birkhill station on October 28. The station’s new second platform is still under construction, so the footbridge is not yet in use, but it made an attractive ‘Caley’ tableau…
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‘Black Five’ returns for Great Central’s Last Hurrah

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

STANIER ‘Black Five’ No. 45305 Alderman A E Draper made its return to traffic at the Great Central Railway’s (GCR) Last Hurrah of the Season mini-gala on November 16-17. The 5305 Locomotive Association 4-6-0 had spent several months on the side lines having been taken out of traffic earlier in the year for a programme…
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New Year curtain call for Gloucs-Warks 2807

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

CHURCHWARD ‘28XX’ 2-8-0 No. 2807 will work the last trains of its current 10-year boiler certificate at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on December 31-January 1. No. 2807’s ‘ticket’ expires on March 10, but the 1905-built veteran will be withdrawn on January 2 to enable work on its overhaul to begin. The loco’s owning group Cotswold…
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East Lancs puts new canopy in place at Rawtenstall

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

THE East Lancashire Railway has completed the first phase of its £600,000 redevelopment of Rawtenstall by installing the newly refurbished canopy on October 29. The railway made good use of its Cowans Sheldon 75-ton crane to lift the canopy frame from its fabrication yard alongside the platform, and position it onto two cast iron columns…
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Llangollen heavy freight 2-8-0 sold – but will remain in Wales for now

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

COLLETT ‘2884’ 2-8-0 No. 3802 has been sold by the Llangollen Railway-based Great Western 3802 Ltd, with a return to steam expected before the end of the year. The locomotive’s new owners are Nick Gilbert, owner of ‘Hall’ 4-6-0 No. 5967 Bickmarsh Hall, and Steve Andrews, who have bought it through their operating company 3802…
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Twin 4-6-0s for Quainton Road as ‘Owsden’ moves from Swindon

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Railway Centre (BRC) is the official home to a pair of Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 4-6-0s after adding semi-restored No. 6984 Owsden Hall to its list of resident locos. The surprise news that owner Trevor Westbury was transferring No. 6984 from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway (S&CR) to Quainton was announced in mid-November, with the…
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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2019

DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Americas. Steam Dreams’ ‘Mayflower 400’ will leave London Paddington at…
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Last minute Christmas gift: Sir Nigel Gresley mug

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Shannon Butcher

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9th December 2019

If you are looking for a last minute gift for the steam enthusiast or for yourself then look no further than this splendid mug.
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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2019

STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’ had left Carlisle at 13.32 and stuck to within four minutes of the timetable through Workington and Whitehaven, being just…
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