Peak Rail

  • A Class 117 DMU to join West Somerset fleet

    A Class 117 DMU to join West Somerset fleet

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    AN OFFICIAL announcement is awaited from the West Somerset Railway following the arrival of DMBS No. W51354 at Bishops Lydeard on October 30.  It has been stored at RSS Wishaw since January 2018, together with DMS No. 51396.  Both were previously based on Peak Rail following acquisition from the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway, prior to that…

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  • Peak Rail Type 3 refreshed

    Peak Rail Type 3 refreshed

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    CLASS 37 No. 37152 British Steel Ravenscraig has received extensive bodywork attention followed by a repaint in BR large logo livery from Railfreight red-stripe colours.  It has been returned to a former number, 37310, and is seen newly out-shopped on August 10. It is based at Rowsley South, Peak Rail. It was originally numbered D6852 and…

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  • Rejuvenated NYMR Lambton Tank meets Peak Rail gala target

    Rejuvenated NYMR Lambton Tank meets Peak Rail gala target

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    FORMER Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson 0-6-2T No. 29 (4263/1904) managed to complete a short period of post-overhaul running-in at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at the end of July to ensure it was fit to attend Peak Rail’s Mixed Traffic Gala on August 10-11.   The Lambton Locomotives Trust machine ran out of time…

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  • Country Railway Routes: Ambergate to Buxton

    Country Railway Routes: Ambergate to Buxton

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    By Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith MIDDLETON’S ever-expanding library of regional railway histories has found its way to the much-loved – and much-missed – Midland Railway (MR) main line between Ambergate and Buxton.  Parts of the route remain open, with the section between Matlock and Rowsley occupied by Peak Rail, and efforts continue to reinstate…

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