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Tag: Peter Nicholson

Rare trip for ‘spruced-up’ East Somerset two-colour DMU

30th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

CLASS 108 DMU DMBS No. M51909 and DTCL No. M56271 has received considerable attention, including reupholstered seats and re-flooring within the interior.  The driving trailer has been repainted in BR blue but not yet lettered. The driving

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Restored Sharpness 03 at ‘extravaganza’

30th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

THE Vale of Berkeley Railway Trust’s Class 03 No. D2069 was displayed at the Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza on August 2-4.  Its appearance at South Cerney airfield, Cirecncester, followed completion of an extensive restoration in

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Avon Valley buys a ‘Gronk’ for £1

1st September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

THE Avon Valley Railway took delivery of fully operational Class 08 No. 08663 on July 8 – being in effect a donation from Great Western Railway (GWR). The loco has been used in recent years at

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Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton

29th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

THE Diesel & Electric Preservation Group’s Class 52 No. D1010 Western Campaigner is seen alone in Williton diesel depot, West Somerset Railway, on June 22.  For nearly a quarter of a century this loco, when in

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Dartmouth’s Goliath regains its boiler at Cranmore works

27th August 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

OVERHAUL of the Dartmouth Steam Railway’s GWR 2-8-0T No. 5239 Goliath by the East Somerset Railway reached a key stage on July 23 when the loco’s No. 4 boiler was reunited with the frames. Re-tubing

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Beale Railway commemorates park trustee Richard Howard

24th July 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE Alan Keef 0-6-0DH steam-outline loco delivered new to the 10¼in-gauge Beale Railway in February 2018 and named Howard is seen on March 10.  Its identity is confirmed as Keef 103 of 2017, not as

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Resident steam loco leaves Purbeck for Westonzoyland

22nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

THE 2ft-gauge vertical boiler steam loco constructed by Noel Donnelly (RM July 2018) and subsequently donated to Westonzoyland Engine Trust (RM Feb) arrived at the Somerset site on May 10 from its previous Purbeck Mineral

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Llandudno & Colwyn Bay replica on the road again

27th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Metro, News

THE Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway Society’s re-creation of former Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway (L&CBER) open-top double-deck Brush car No. 7 was out on the road again during April and May. The semi-restored car

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Watkin returns to Caernarfon

27th June 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

DE Winton 0-4-0VBT Watkin was moved into a display location in Welsh Highland Railway’s new £3million Caernarfon station at the beginning of April.  The 1893-built locomotive was built at De Winton’s Caernarfon works on the

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Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming

2nd June 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network

Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival‘.  The signs were officially dedicated on the morning

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