Collett

Blue ‘King’ confirmed for Cotswold Festival of Steam

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

THE Great Western Society’s Collett 4-6-0 King Edward II will return to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway later this spring to take part in the line’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-27. It will be the second visit by Didcot-based No. 6023 to the ‘Gloucs-Warks’ in as many years, having starred at the same event last…
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‘Manor’ in impressive form at GCR ‘spectacular’

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

ERLESTOKE Manor Fund’s Collett 4-6-0 No. 7802 Bradley Manor showed audiences at the Great Central Railway’s Winter Steam Gala just why the type is held in such high regard, putting in some impressive turns at the January 25-27 event. The Severn Valley Railway-based locomotive took its turn at the head of passenger and freight and non-stop…
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‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

CALEDONIAN Railway ‘439’ class 0-4-4T No. 419 will journey to England later this month to deputise for ‘Manor’ No. 7827 Lydham Manor at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) loco, which returned to service following overhaul last October, has been released by the Bo’ness & Kinneil…
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Odney Manor returns at WSR… albeit briefly

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

COLLETT ‘Manor’ No. 7828 Odney Manor made a triumphant return to service at the West Somerset Railway in the final weeks of 2018 after a two-year absence and overhaul. The BR(W) 4-6-0, resplendent in BR lined green with early crest, made its public debut on ‘Santa Special’ duties on December 22, and was set to…
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Collett

Blue ‘King’ confirmed for Cotswold Festival of Steam

‘Manor’ in impressive form at GCR ‘spectacular’

‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

Odney Manor returns at WSR… albeit briefly

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