A3

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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All change on the Great Northern

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Sam Hewitt

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6th March 2019

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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‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…
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New record as Flying Scotsman nameplate sells for £64,500

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Sam Hewitt

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5th December 2018

ONE of the original nameplates from ‘A3’ Flying Scotsman was sold for a record £64,500 plus buyer’s premium at the GW Railwayana auction in Pershore on November 17. The buyer was an unnamed online bidder. The hammer price beat the previous record of £60,000 for ‘A4’ nameplate Golden Fleece. This plate is from the right…
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