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Tag: Miniature

South Downs Light Railway preparing for another busy season

20th May 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

There are two annual enthusiast events – the steam gala on May 25-27 and visiting locos weekend, September 28-29.

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Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’

20th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

EATON Park MR is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. The Norwich-based line is run by the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers.  It was opened in 1959 as a raised, 5in-gauge track, with a

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Audley End’s small locos going under the hammer

20th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12.  This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam

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Hastings Miniature Railway celebrate 70th anniversary… again!

8th February 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

The 10¼in-gauge Hastings Miniature Railway held its final 70th anniversary event last autumn.

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Southwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers

8th February 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

The 7¼in-gauge BVLR at Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ has opened for passengers.

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West Sussex Diddly’s Miniature Railway closes

23rd January 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

It was opened in 1965 as a normal, steam-operated 9½in-gauge railway.

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Southwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers

23rd January 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE 7¼in-gauge Blyth Valley Light Railway (BVLR) at the Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ in Blyth Road, Southwold, Suffolk, opened for passengers, along with the centre, on July 14. It runs around part of the one-acre

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New boiler for Darent

16th January 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

A NEW boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) resident steam loco Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent. The chassis is undergoing overhaul at London Museum of Water & Steam (RM Oct),

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Tinkerbell celebrates its 50th at Moors Valley

22nd November 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE Moors Valley Railway’s (MVR) Tinkerbell 50 event on September 22-23 featured 19 examples, including the original Tinkerbell. All five of the original 1978 production batch – of what was then termed the Type F

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Locos find new homes after Brookside site in Cheshire closes

22nd November 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

Two of the three Roger Greatrex-built, American-style diesel locos have been relocated.

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