CLASS 33 No. 33063 R.J. Mitchell

Restored Sharpness 03 at ‘extravaganza’

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

THE Vale of Berkeley Railway Trust’s Class 03 No. D2069 was displayed at the Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza on August 2-4. Its appearance at South Cerney airfield, Cirecncester, followed completion of an extensive restoration in the engine shed at Sharpness Docks. Peter Nicholson’s Wickham 8S-type 4165 No. 156W was also exhibited by the Vale of Berkeley…
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Spa Valley special remembers ‘great friend’ Roy Bell MBE

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

THE Spa Valley Railway ran a special train on April 30 in memory of the late Roy Bell MBE, who was a great friend and supporter of the railway. He died in October 2018. Roy was the Southern Region’s last chief signalling engineer. The four-coach ‘Roy Belle’, top-and-tailed by Class 31 No. 31430 Sister Dora and…
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Spa Valley ‘Crompton’ replaces ‘Deltic’ at North Norfolk gala

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

CLASS 33 No. 33063 R.J. Mitchell will visit the North Norfolk Railway’s June 14-16 mixed traction gala in place of Class 55 No. 55009 Alycidon, following its failure while working on the main line on March 3 (RM April, p98). The ‘33’ appears courtesy of the South East Locomotive Group, and is making a rare appearance away…
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