Pacific

West Coast takes on ‘Torbay’ and Tornado main line work

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd April 2019

West Coast Railway Company has won more high-profile work after DB Cargo decided to reduce its main line steam activities.
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‘Duke’ will return in 2020 – but only if £100,000 shortfall can be met

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd April 2019

A FINANICIAL shortfall of more than £100,000 could delay the return to service of unique BR ‘8P’ Pacific No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester. This follows a series of unforeseen but necessary repairs were highlighted at Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW). The BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust had been working to a forecast cost of £620,000 to…
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Tornado returns to action with Scottish adventures

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Sam Hewitt

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1st April 2019

There was disappointment later in the day when Class 55 No. D9009 Alycidon failed on the return leg.
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Steam-hauled overnight tour from Melbourne in the pipeline

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

AN AMBITIOUS four-day, 1,500km steam tour is planned for June, including sleeping cars and overnight steam-hauled travel. The main tour loco will be North British-built Pacific R707 (1951/26997), constructed for Victorian Railways. The train will start from Melbourne and visit Echuca, Deniliquin, Swan Hill and Piangil between June 7 and 10. For more, email: [email protected]…
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No. 60007 joins Hosking fleet at Crewe

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

The agreement will see No. 60007 step into the void left by classmate No. 4464 Bittern at Crewe.
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No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

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Sam Hewitt

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6th March 2019

The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was introduced in 1951. The Up and Down ‘Wessex’ was covered by two separate Bournemouth diagrams; originally light Pacifics were rostered. …
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GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

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Sam Hewitt

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4th March 2019

THE 14-year relationship between ‘Britannia’ No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell and the 5305 Locomotive Association (5305LA) has come to an end. The BR Pacific’s owner, the National Railway Museum, has decreed the custodial agreement between the two organisations would not be extended. Instead responsibility for the locomotive could be passed directly to the Great Central Railway…
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Pathfinder announces triple dose of Tornado trips

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Sam Hewitt

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28th February 2019

A TRIO of Bristol-based trains hauled by Peppercorn ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado has been announced by Pathfinder Tours. The new-build ‘Pacific’ has added the tours to its itinerary as it gets set for a return to the main line on February 9’s ‘North Briton’ from Leicester to Carlisle. ‘The Summer Cornishman’ on June 23 is a…
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Wensleydale beckons for resurgent Tornado

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s flagship Peppercorn Pacific No. 60163 Tornado will break new ground for the type later this month when it visits the Wensleydale Railway (WR). Tornado ventured back onto the main line on January 15 – the first time since its failure on the ‘Ebor Flyer’ last April. This move followed lengthy repairs…
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‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…
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