Great Western Railway (GWR) and LNER services are being disrupted for a third day due to cracks in some Hitachi 800 trains.
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Video: South Devon Railway from the footplate
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
Read moreSouth Devon Railway ‘encouraged’ by initial SOS appeal response
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
Read more‘Pacers’ to work with PRM compliant units
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
Read moreNew cylinders delivered for Gloucs-Warks’ No. 3850
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
Read moreFormer Wadebridge pannier welcomed back by South Devon team
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
Read moreUninspiring train liveries
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
Read moreFour panniers and ‘Foxcote’ farewell for WSR’s country railway event
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
Read moreMogul and ‘Wells’ join the ‘Q’ at Severn Valley autumn spectacular
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
Read moreDinmore Manor makes it a Western 4-6-0 pair for Battlefield Line’s October gala
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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