Fowler

‘Patriot’ No. 5551 moves to new Derbyshire home

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2019

NEW-BUILD LMS ‘Patriot’ No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior arrived at the Midland Railway-Butterley’s Swanwick Junction on the evening of August 12, beginning the final chapter in the construction of the new Fowler 4-6-0. The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust has been awarded the contract to complete the assembly of No. 5551 (RM August), which is…
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Main line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?

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Sam Hewitt

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26th August 2019

“THIS is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order…” W H Auden’s opening lines to 1936’s evocative GPO documentary film Night Mail about the work of the Travelling Post Office (TPO) are known by thousands, and to many conjure images of Fowler 4-6-0s on the West Coast Mail Line,…
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‘Shredded Wheat’ Fowler moves to the ‘Middy’

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

FOWLER 20337 of 1934, a 40hp-type 0-4-0DM, was delivered to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway (the ‘Middy’) in June following restoration, where it will be a resident. The loco was delivered new to the Shredded Wheat Company 85 years ago and was recently rescued in a very dilapidated state by current owner Tony Goff. Read…
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Last Fowler diesel loco in UK industry still operational

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

PLASMOR Ltd continues to use a smart and well-maintained Fowler Class 422 0-4-0DH (4220038 of 1966) at its Heck Works, Great Heck, North Yorkshire. This is believed to be the last remaining Fowler-built diesel loco in industrial service in the UK. Fowlers were once very numerous in industry, right across the UK, and could be…
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Fowler

‘Patriot’ No. 5551 moves to new Derbyshire home

Main line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?

‘Shredded Wheat’ Fowler moves to the ‘Middy’

Last Fowler diesel loco in UK industry still operational

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