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Tag: English Electric

‘Chopper’ takes up Watercress Line duties

1st November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

CLASS 20 No. D8059 arrived at the Mid-Hants Railway (MHR) on July 26 from the Midland Railway-Butterley.  It is owned by Somerset & Dorset Locomotives and is visiting the MHR on an extended stay, initially standing

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New Zealand diesel preservation progress

30th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, World

LEADING New Zealand diesel preservation group the Diesel Traction Group (DTG) has begun restoration of New Zealand Railways’ (NZR) first mainline loco, which was built by English Electric (EE) in 1954.  This follows the successful

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Dartmoor Railway’s English Electric weekend

3rd August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

THE Dartmoor Railway held an English Electric weekend on June 8-9.  In use were Class 31 No. 31452 with a five-coach set of stock, ‘Berkshire’ DEMU set No. 1132 (Nos. S60150+S60831), and Class 08 No. D4167.  The plan was

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A second engine offered to Ivatt LMS 10000 project

2nd August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

THE Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society, which  is aiming to construct a replica of LMS diesel-electric No. 10000, has a chance to acquire another engine of the correct type.  A 16SVT power unit was acquired in 2012

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English Electric survivors in Asia

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News, World

A HANDFUL of British-built former Malayan Railways Class 22 locos remain in usable condition, but not all in Malaysia.  Forty of the metre-gauge locos were ordered in the early 1970s from English Electric and AEI

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NER 1903 railcar enters service at Embsay & Bolton Abbey

1st July 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News, Steam

AWARD-winning NER electric Autocar No. 3170 and trailer car No. 3453 are now in regular operation on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, following launch on October 19 (RM Nov, p9).  However, on the first day

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Pathfinder returning English Electric classics to old haunts

28th February 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News, Railtours

FANS of English Electric traction will have the opportunity to relive past glories over the coming months with Pathfinder Tours. March 23 sees Class 50s return to the West of England to mark 25 years

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Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

13th February 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features

No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.

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Class 50s @50 line-up shaping up very nicely

6th July 2018 Chris Milner News

What will be the biggest gathering ever of Class 50s in preservation is starting to take shape, and quickly becoming the must-visit event of 2018. The Class 50 Alliance has confirmed the latest additions to

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