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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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Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala

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Sam Hewitt

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16th October 2019

LOCOMOTIVES from two of Leeds best-known manufacturers stole the show at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) gala on September 13-15. The event also included a homecoming of sorts for one of the participants. The Built in Leeds-themed event provided a formal ‘welcome to the fleet’ to ex-East Moors Steelworks (Cardiff) Hunslet ‘48150’ class 0-6-0ST…
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Single-chimney ‘9F’ ready for traffic at North Yorks

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Sam Hewitt

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9th October 2019

NEWLY restored BR ‘9F’ No. 92134 has steamed again at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Grosmont workshops, almost four decades after it left Barry Scrapyard for restoration. Howard Self’s single-chimney 2-10-0 was coupled to the borrowed ‘BR1G’ tender from Wansford-based ‘5MT’ No. 73050 City of Peterborough’ It was lit up for the first time on September 6…
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Didcot’s ‘Saint’ unveiled in full Georgian finery

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2019

THE Great Western Society’s re-creation of a Churchward ‘Saint’ 4-6-0 – No. 2999 Lady of Legend – is officially complete. The milestone has been achieved 45 years after donor locomotive No. 4942 Maindy Hall was acquired from Barry Scrapyard in 1974. The ‘Saint’ made its public debut at Didcot, albeit cold and in unlined black, in November…
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March 3 launch date at BRC for Wightwick Hall

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ No. 6989 Wightwick Hall will have its public launch into traffic at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
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Barry scrapyard

Twin 4-6-0s for Quainton Road as ‘Owsden’ moves from Swindon

Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala

Single-chimney ‘9F’ ready for traffic at North Yorks

Didcot’s ‘Saint’ unveiled in full Georgian finery

March 3 launch date at BRC for Wightwick Hall﻿

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