Foxfield Railway

Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

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Sam Hewitt

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4th December 2019

A SHORT-notice agreement to bring the Middleton Railway’s roving Hunslet Brookes No. 1 (2387/1941) to the Ribble Steam Railway (RSR) for its Autumn Steam Gala helped ensure a good turnout for the end-of-season event. The former Brookes Chemicals Ltd 14in-cylindered 0-6-0ST had recently come to the end of a period of hire at the Pontypool &…
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Rejuvenated NYMR Lambton Tank meets Peak Rail gala target

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Sam Hewitt

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21st September 2019

FORMER Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson 0-6-2T No. 29 (4263/1904) managed to complete a short period of post-overhaul running-in at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at the end of July to ensure it was fit to attend Peak Rail’s Mixed Traffic Gala on August 10-11. The Lambton Locomotives Trust machine ran out of time…
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Lakeside’s Barclay steals the show at Foxfield gala

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2019

VISITING Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T No. 14 (1245/1911) certainly stole the show at the Foxfield Railway’s Summer Gala on July 20-21, recalling the heyday of the Scottish coalfields when these big Barclay tanks were a common sight on coal trains. The former Carron Iron Company loco had made the journey to Staffordshire from its home at…
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Foxfield making headway with ‘Ackton Hall’ restoration

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE Foxfield Railway (FR) has set itself the target of completing the restoration of its unique Peckett ‘X2’ 0-6-0ST Ackton Hall No. 3 in time for the locomotive’s 100th anniversary in 2020. Identifying the amount of work required to return W/No. 1567 to steam has been ongoing since it arrived at Caverswall Road after its purchase from…
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Foxfield Railway

Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

Rejuvenated NYMR Lambton Tank meets Peak Rail gala target

Lakeside’s Barclay steals the show at Foxfield gala

Foxfield making headway with ‘Ackton Hall’ restoration

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