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Tag: Stanier

‘Black Fives’ back in the Hope Valley

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

IAN Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ duo of Nos. 44871 and 45407 pass through the remains of the old Masborough station with the Railway Touring Company’s ‘South Yorkshireman’ on November 3.  The tour, which replaced a previously

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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’

6th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’

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Shaw Savill to steam again after restoration begins at Heywood

12th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

ONE of preservation’s forgotten locomotives – ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35009 Shaw Savill – is being restored for main line operation by owner Ian Riley at his Heywood works, near Bury.  Mr Riley bought the rebuilt

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Bath conundrum

9th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Freight, Letters, Network, Steam

I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues.  In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No.

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‘Duchess’ demolishes Devon banks record

1st October 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

STANIER Pacific No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland put in a storming performance on August 4’s ‘Royal Duchy’, using its immense power to set a new record time for steam on the Plymouth to Exeter leg.  The

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Stanier pair celebrate Conwy Valley reopening

1st October 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

NETWORK Rail and Transport for Wales Rail Services hosted a special main line steam trip on August 3 to celebrate the reopening of the Conwy Valley line in North Wales. ‘The Conwy Quest’, double-headed by

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‘Patriot’ No. 5551 moves to new Derbyshire home

12th September 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

NEW-BUILD LMS ‘Patriot’ No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior arrived at the Midland Railway-Butterley’s Swanwick Junction on the evening of August 12, beginning the final chapter in the construction of the new Fowler 4-6-0. The Princess

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Humphrey Platts, the railway photographer

11th July 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Network, Steam

Nick Pigott meets Humphrey Platts, who began photographing trains just after the Second World War, capturing a fascinating transitional period on the railways.

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Bahamas becomes part of Vintage Trains roster

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

‘JUBILEE’ No. 45596 Bahamas will return to Tyseley for the works open days on June 22-23. This comes only a few months after the completion of its overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works and two very successful

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‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Railtours, Steam

APRIL 19 saw the start of the 2019 operating season for West Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ trains.  Two of Ian Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s moved north from Carnforth to Fort William on April 16, with

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