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Video: South Devon Railway from the footplate

13th May 2020 Gareth Evans News
South Devon Railway GWR 2-6-2T No. 5542.

If like me, you’re in desperate need of a heritage railway ‘fix’ in the current Covid-19 lockdown, you may be interested in this newly released video clip of the South Devon Railway (SDR). The 30-minute

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South Devon Railway ‘encouraged’ by initial SOS appeal response

15th April 2020 Gareth Evans News
South Devon Railway GWR 2-6-2T No. 5542.

Just over a week since it was launched on Sunday, April 5, the latest updated figure for the South Devon Railway’s  ‘SOS – Save Our Steam’ – £500,000 funding appeal shows that over £31,000 has

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‘Pacers’ to work with PRM compliant units

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Network, News

GWR and Northern have indicated how they will combat restrictions placed on the use of Class 142-144 ‘Pacer’ units from January 1, 2020. Both will run a non-compliant ‘Pacer’ with a compliant unit of another

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New cylinders delivered for Gloucs-Warks’ No. 3850

7th January 2020 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE new cylinders for ex-GWR ‘2884’ 2-8-0 No. 3850 were delivered to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on December 6 following machining by Roach Precision of Brierley Hill. The delivery followed the arrival of the new front-end

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Former Wadebridge pannier welcomed back by South Devon team

3rd December 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

FORMER Wadebridge ‘1366’ 0-6-0PT No. 1369 ran its long-awaited first revenue-earning train in slightly more than two years on October 5 at the South Devon Railway.  The diminutive pannier had its first light engine test

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Uninspiring train liveries

15th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Letters

Seeing the photo of the new EMR livery on the front of the September issue highlights what to me is a retrograde step – I think this new scheme is most uninspiring.   I have always

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Four panniers and ‘Foxcote’ farewell for WSR’s country railway event

13th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE West Somerset Railway’s (WSR) Autumn Steam Gala will take place just days after this issue of The RM goes on sale, with a no fewer than four GWR Collett panniers taking centre stage. Three

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Mogul and ‘Wells’ join the ‘Q’ at Severn Valley autumn spectacular

11th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

A DISTINCT Southern Region atmosphere surrounded the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Autumn Steam Gala on September 19-22, with five of the participating locomotives having a BR(S) pedigree. East Lancashire Railway Bulleid ‘West County’ No. 34092 City

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Dinmore Manor makes it a Western 4-6-0 pair for Battlefield Line’s October gala

14th September 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

LEICESTERSHIRE’S Battlefield Line has further cemented its reputation as an unofficial GWR outpost by securing a return visit from No. 7820 Dinmore Manor for its 50th anniversary gala on October 18-20. The ‘Manor’ becomes the

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The shocking state of trackside vegetation in public areas

11th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Letters, Network

I AM constantly depressed by the lack of vegetation control on our national network, as highlighted in your Readers’ Platform this month (RM August). On a recent visit to St Mary’s crossing near Stroud I was

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