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  • Industrial memories, enjoy the nostalgia

    Industrial memories, enjoy the nostalgia

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    Sam Hewitt

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    When BR steam was in decline – and for some years afterwards – many enthusiasts turned their attention to industrial railways, where a number of collieries, steelworks and other complexes were worked by steam or diesel locomotives, including those sold by British Railway. Enjoy some nostalgia…  View more images in the March 2019 issue of…

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  • Lazarus Lines: Maam Cross – Ireland’s ‘quiet’ railway revival

    Lazarus Lines: Maam Cross – Ireland’s ‘quiet’ railway revival

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Jim Deegan, the man behind the Connemara Railway Project, to find out more about his ambitious plans to return 5ft 3in-gauge steam to the wilds of County Galway by 2020. THE sight of a Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR)-designed ‘K’ class 2-4-0 hauling a rake of restored MGWR six-wheelers through the…

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  • All change on the Great Northern

    All change on the Great Northern

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    Sam Hewitt

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    eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.

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  • A Phoenix from the Ashes

    A Phoenix from the Ashes

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    Sam Hewitt

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    If ever a place deserved to rise from the ashes, then it is Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum (SLNRM). Nicola Fox tells the fascinating history of a museum, whose locomotives were less than a week from being scrapped, plus its on-going British connections. On the western coast of Africa lies a small country with a…

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  • Practice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation

    Practice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the third and final instalment, Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the steam-to-electric transformation the Great Western Main Line has undergone in the Thames Valley. Part two of this series ended with a brief eulogy of Class 387s, the electric trains that have transformed stopping services between Paddington and Didcot. The new EMUs are…

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  • GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

    GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE 14-year relationship between ‘Britannia’ No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell and the 5305 Locomotive Association (5305LA) has come to an end. The BR Pacific’s owner, the National Railway Museum, has decreed the custodial agreement between the two organisations would not be extended. Instead responsibility for the locomotive could be passed directly to the Great Central Railway…

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  • Another U-turn as WSR plc sells 4110 to Dartmouth line

    Another U-turn as WSR plc sells 4110 to Dartmouth line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE saga surrounding the sale of West Somerset Railway (WSR)-based GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 took another unexpected turn on February 3 when it was revealed the unrestored Large Prairie had been sold to the Dartmouth Steam Railway (DSR) at Paignton. The surprise announcement came just three weeks after the loco’s owner – West Somerset Railway…

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  • Double HRA awards for NER Autocar and Gloucs-Warks

    Double HRA awards for NER Autocar and Gloucs-Warks

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE stunning restoration of North Eastern autocar No. 3170 and the extension of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway have both won two major awards at the annual Heritage Railway Association dinner.  There were awards in a record 15 categories, which included a completely new award recognising the contribution of a young volunteer. The NER 1903 Electric…

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  • Pathfinder announces triple dose of Tornado trips

    Pathfinder announces triple dose of Tornado trips

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A TRIO of Bristol-based trains hauled by Peppercorn ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado has been announced by Pathfinder Tours. The new-build ‘Pacific’ has added the tours to its itinerary as it gets set for a return to the main line on February 9’s ‘North Briton’ from Leicester to Carlisle. ‘The Summer Cornishman’ on June 23 is a…

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  • Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

    Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE railway industry paid tribute to one of its leading figures of the past few decades on January 11 when No. 60103 Flying Scotsman hauled a special train from King’s Cross to York. ‘The Scotsman’s Salute’ ran as a memorial to Sir William McAlpine, who passed away in March 2018, and carried members of his family,…

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