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Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

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 5in-/ 7¼in-gauge ground-level line being introduced in 2006. Trains run Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, April 7 to October 6,…
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Mangapps expands its collectionwith former Network Rail Class 31s

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

THE Mangapps Railway, Essex has acquired two former Network Rail Class 31s – Nos. 31105 (D5523) and 31233 (D5660). The privately owned railway has lost all of its big diesels of Classes 31, 33 and 47 in recent times, after being transferred to new homes with longer operating lines. The Class 31s are in good condition,…
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2018 visitor numbers up as railways report another successful year

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

LAST Easter’s opening of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s (Gloucs-Warks) extension to Broadway has seen all passenger records tumble for 2018, witnessing a passenger figure increase of more than 40%. Yet the Gloucs-Warks is not alone in reporting passenger growth, and the majority of the railways that responded to The RM’s enquiries prior to going to…
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Odney Manor returns at WSR… albeit briefly

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

COLLETT ‘Manor’ No. 7828 Odney Manor made a triumphant return to service at the West Somerset Railway in the final weeks of 2018 after a two-year absence and overhaul. The BR(W) 4-6-0, resplendent in BR lined green with early crest, made its public debut on ‘Santa Special’ duties on December 22, and was set to…
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Santa Special

Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’

Mangapps expands its collectionwith former Network Rail Class 31s

2018 visitor numbers up as railways report another successful year

Odney Manor returns at WSR… albeit briefly

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