THE Royal British Legion benefited from the South Devon Railway’s special Driver for Armistice footplate
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‘INN’ and OUT, UP and DOWN, ROUND and ROUND
For this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT uses some of his holiday time
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FLYING SCOTSMAN Print
There are many superb images of Flying Scotsman, be they watercolours, photographs or models, but
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Final mainline run of 9466 will be charity memorial train
A FAREWELL mainline trip for Hawskworth 0-6-0PT No. 9466 will act as the memorial train for its late owner Dennis Howells, but also act as a charity fundraiser. Mr Howells died on August 18. The
Read moreCrossrail to miss December opening date
LONDON’S £16bn Crossrail project to build a railway under central London will now not open until the Autumn of 2019. It could be even delayed further. The ambitious project that will connect Reading, Maidenhead and
Read moreSDR driver experience raises money for RBL
THE Royal British Legion benefited from the South Devon Railway’s special Driver for Armistice footplate experience sessions on November 10. A total of 50 slots were available, appropriately priced at £11.11, offering participants the opportunity
Read moreStudents play major role in Elsecar event
By Mike Haddon A YEAR-long project by students at the University Campus of Barnsley College to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War came to fruition on October 31 with the
Read moreGloucs-Warks honours fallen railway workers
THE Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s remembrance commemorations took place on November 18 when the line paid tribute to the railwaymen and women who gave their lives during both world wars. The special event was organised by
Read more‘O4’ becomes a ‘ROD’ for GCR’s remembrance weekend
GREAT Central Railway-based Robinson ‘O4’ 2-8-0 No. 63601 took centre stage at the railway’s Great War, Great Central weekend on November 10-11, six years after being withdrawn from service. The 1911-built former ‘8K’ had its BR
Read moreFast-track overhaul for K&ESR ‘Terrier’
STROUDLEY ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. 32678 will be undergoing a thorough and fast-track overhaul at the Kent & East Sussex Railway’s (K&ESR) Rolvenden works this winter. Work will start before the end of the year and
Read more45305 returns for GCR’s Last Hurrah
WORKSHOP staff and 5305 Locomotive Association (5305LA) volunteers put in a sterling effort to ensure the group’s flagship locomotive – ‘Black Five’ No. 45305 Alderman E Draper – was fit to run at the Great
Read moreBeautiful Bo’ness blues as ‘Caley’ duo unite for gala
PRESERVATION history was made at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway (BKR) in early November when two of only three preserved Caledonian Railway locomotives were united for the first time in steam and on a complete
Read moreHagley Hall’s wheels return to Severn Valley workshop
OVERHAUL of Severn Valley Railway-based ‘Hall’ No. 4930 Hagley Hall picked up the pace again at the end of October with the return of the wheelsets from Buckfastleigh. All three coupled wheelsets and both bogie sets
Read moreFrames cut for ‘County’ 4-4-0 re-creation
THE Churchward County Trust’s (CCT) new-build GWR ‘County’ No. 3840 County of Montgomery made the transition from drawing board to physical metal on November 13 with the cutting of the main frame plates by TATA Steel
Read moreLlangollen Railway works last train to temporary Corwen East terminus
SERVICES into the Llangollen Railway’s temporary western terminus at Corwen East came to an end on November 4 as the railway prepares for the opening of the new station at Corwen Central next year. The
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