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Tag: Didcot Railway Centre

American S160 steams for Great Western Society’s 60th anniversary

9th July 2021 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, Railtours, Steam

Didcot Railway Centre will host celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Great Western Society across two separate gala weekends.

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Railways returning to action!

3rd July 2020 Gareth Evans Metro, News, Steam
The North Norfolk Railway is among the lines returning to action in July. LNER B12 No. 8572, BR 9F No. 92203 Black Prince and WD 2-10-0 No. 90775 are seen outside Weybourne shed on September 28, 2019: GARETH EVANS

It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following the gradual easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Therefore, we thought we’d

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Didcot’s Saint to star in Severn Valley Railway spring steam gala

13th February 2020 Gareth Evans News, Steam
GWR Saint class No. 2999 Lady of Legend will look the part at the head of the Severn Valley Railway's GWR carriages. The 4-6-0 is seen here in action at the Didcot Railway Centre. CHARLIE JACKSON

Didcot Railway Centre’s GWR Saint class locomotive No. 2999 Lady of Legend is to make its debut at the Severn Valley Railway spring steam gala

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Class 90 visits Swindon for electrical testing

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

ONE of the most unusual movements this year has seen freshly painted Class 90 No. 90035 move from Crewe to Swindon.  The train has been put together by Network Rail’s electrification project team in order to

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Didcot secures visit from Fawley Hill’s No. 31

3rd December 2019 Sam Hewitt News

HUDSWELL, Clarke 0-6-0ST Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons No. 31 made its first preservation-era visit to another heritage railway in late October when it joined ‘Swindonised’ Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0ST No. 813 at Didcot Railway Centre.  No. 31 can

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‘Hall’ meets ‘Saint’ in Didcot photography event

24th September 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

IT WAS a case of ‘before and after’ at Didcot Railway Centre on August 17 when newly completed Churchward ‘Saint’ No. 2999 Lady of Legend came face to face with Collett ‘Hall’ No. 5900 Hinderton Hall.  The

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Great Western railcar progresses at KESR

2nd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

GWR diesel railcar No. W20W is receiving a thorough overhaul at Tenterden on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR). No. 20 was built at Swindon in 1940, withdrawn in 1962, and after four years of storage

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Didcot’s diesel shunter clocks up 40 years’ service

27th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

A SMALL celebration was held on December 29 to mark the 40th anniversary of Hunslet 5238 of 1957 – a 264bhp 0-6-0DM, now known as No. DL 26 – arriving at the Didcot Railway Centre.  A cake

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County of Montgomery group aiming for £40,000 with driving wheels appeal

13th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE Churchward County Trust (CCT) is hoping to build on the success of its first year by launching a new ‘Forty 4-4-0s Club’ to raise the £40,000 required to cast the four coupled wheels for

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Blue ‘King’ confirmed for Cotswold Festival of Steam

13th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Standard Gauge, Steam

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

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