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Swanage Railway prepares to undertake governance review

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Sam Hewitt

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7th June 2019

Dorset’s Swanage Railway is following in the steps of the West Somerset Railway by undertaking a complete governance review.
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Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale

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Sam Hewitt

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4th June 2019

Some of the worst trespass incidents seen since ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman returned to the main line in 2016 occurred on May 5 as the Pacific was returning from York to London Paddington on the final day of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain XI’ nine-day tour. Trespass was most evident between Burton-on-Trent and Tamworth,…
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Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell

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Sam Hewitt

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29th May 2019

Two more opportunities to ride behind Tyseley’s restored No. 7029 Clun Castle on June 9.
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Ethiopia’s metre-gauge survivors

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Sam Hewitt

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29th May 2019

DESPITE opening a new electrified main line in 2016, parts of the old metre-gauge Chemin de Fer Djibouto-Éthiopien still appear to have some operational trains, although passenger services on the full route ceased in 2008. The metre-gauge line was opened between Addis Ababa and Djibouti in stages from 1902, and completed in 1917. It was…
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Bahamas booked for Tyseley Open Weekend in June

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Gareth Evans

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28th May 2019

In conjunction with its Tyseley Open Days, Vintage Trains is running four return trains per day between Birmingham Moor Street and Dorridge.
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‘Crompton’ performs well to ease Bodmin problems

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Sam Hewitt

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28th May 2019

The week of April 1-5 was an operations manager’s nightmare at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway as the only serviceable steam loco failed with a hot axle box on March 31.
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Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr acquires its own ‘Gronk’

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Sam Hewitt

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27th May 2019

THE Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway (L&MMR) received Class 08 No. 08795 on March 22 from the Great Western Railway, Landore depot, Swansea (87E, latterly LE), which closed in December 2018. No. 08795 requires some attention before being launched into traffic at an event later in the year. Read more in the May 2019 issue of The…
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Highs and lows at the West Somerset

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Sam Hewitt

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26th May 2019

THE West Somerset Railway reopened on March 30 after a three-month winter closure. There was much celebration, but a lot of work is required and money spent to bring the railway back its former glory. Weight restrictions have been introduced, down-grading the line to a GWR Blue route (17.9T axle loading). This follows advice from…
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GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service

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Sam Hewitt

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26th May 2019

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 Tourist Railway. As reported (RM April), Jessie has been stripped of its former ‘Thomas’ guise, losing the side tanks, and…
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Contrasting locos debut at Norwich club track

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Sam Hewitt

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21st May 2019

The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.
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