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  • From the archive: The suppression of smoke

    From the archive: The suppression of smoke

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    Alex Bestwick

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    From The Railway Magazine, August 1963 – The Hunslet Engine Co. develops an underfeed stoker and gas producer system which completely eliminates the emission of dark smoke.

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  • The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man

    The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Peter Rampton – a man who spent a lifetime saving locomotives and reviving railways, but who remained an enigma to many.

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  • Back to the past at Moseley anniversary event

    Back to the past at Moseley anniversary event

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    Sam Hewitt

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    MOSELEY Railway Trust (MRT) harked back to its roots during its September 21-22 50th anniversary celebration at Apedale Valley Light Railway by operating passenger rides on its ‘Field Railway’.  These basic rides, recalling the spirit of operations half a century ago, were undertaken using skip wagon underframes fitted with back-to-back seats and safety chains.  This…

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  • Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

    Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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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  • Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala

    Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    LOCOMOTIVES from two of Leeds best-known manufacturers stole the show at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) gala on September 13-15. The event also included a homecoming of sorts for one of the participants. The Built in Leeds-themed event provided a formal ‘welcome to the fleet’ to ex-East Moors Steelworks (Cardiff) Hunslet ‘48150’ class 0-6-0ST…

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  • New Hybrid locos for Snowdon Mountain line

    New Hybrid locos for Snowdon Mountain line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    SNOWDON Mountain Railway (SMR) has named Clayton Equipment Limited, specialists in bespoke hybrid battery-diesel locomotives, as preferred supplier of replacements for its Hunslet 0-4-0DH locomotives.  Two new locos will be supplied next spring to enter service for the start of the 2020 season. The new hybrid 800mm-gauge loco for SMR is currently in the design…

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  • Ringing the loco changes at Richmond as Pixie arrives

    Ringing the loco changes at Richmond as Pixie arrives

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    Sam Hewitt

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    OPERATIONAL O&K 0-4-0WT – identified as 3136/1908 and named Susan –has left Jeremy Martin’s Richmond Light Railway.  It is now at Hollycombe Steam in the Country (formally Hollycombe Working Steam Museum), following its acquisition by a Hollycombe trustee.  The nameplates have been removed (they honoured a member of Jeremy Martin’s family) as have the works…

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  • Quintet steam at Threlkeld museum’s August gala

    Quintet steam at Threlkeld museum’s August gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THRELKELD Quarry and Mining Museum’s July 27-28 Annual Steam Gala featured four guest steam locomotives.  Bagnall 0-4-0ST Kidbrooke (2043/1917) from Yaxham Light Railway and Statfold Barn Railway trio Peckett 0-6-0ST Liassic (1632/1923), Kerr, Stuart ‘Wren’ 3128/1918 Roger and Hunslet 0-4-0ST Jack Lane (3904/2005) joined Threlkeld resident Bagnall 0-4-0ST Sir Tom for the event. The extended…

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  • Fundraising success sees Wheldale overhaul begin

    Fundraising success sees Wheldale overhaul begin

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ONE of the last steam locomotives to work commercially in the UK – Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST No. S134 Wheldale – is on the steam comeback thanks to the fundraising efforts of the locomotive’s support group. The Friends of Wheldale has raised in excess of £130,000 towards the cost of overhauling the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway…

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  • Brookes No. 1 and Illingworth heading to Blaenavon line gala

    Brookes No. 1 and Illingworth heading to Blaenavon line gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway (P&BR) will pay tribute to the industrial locomotive manufacturers of Leeds later this summer with a special Built in Leeds gala on September 13-15. The event will centre around Mike Pearce’s Hunslet ‘48150’ class 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937), which recently joined the P&BR fleet following its overhaul and return to East…

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