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Audley End’s small locos going under the hammer
FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12. This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam and diesel locos are being retained for the railway. Those for disposal were all built by David Curwen and are…
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Indonesian sugar loco restored at Statfold Barn for new Barbados tourist railway
THE latest locomotive to be restored to steam at Statfold Barn is Arnold Jung (Jungenthal) 0-4-4-0T Mallet 2279/1914 Tjepper (Ceper Baru) No. 5. The 750mm- (2ft 6in-) gauge loco was imported for the Statfold collection several years ago. It was never restored and seemed unlikely to be as Statfold Barn Railway focused attention on its…
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Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?
THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought two cottages in Frankwell Street, Tywyn. The £240,000 purchase includes land known as the ‘Orchard’, next to the railway’s Tywyn Pendre works site. The ‘Orchard’ site can be accessed by a narrow drive not part of the sale, and is bounded by houses and the railway. The land is…
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Revolutionary lightweight tram planned for Coventry
It’s design could revise thinking for cities keen to adopt VLRs as a way of cutting emissions.
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Calbourne and black ‘Radial’ for Bluebell’s branch gala
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s ex-LSWR ‘O2’ No. W24 Calbourne will be returning to the UK mainland.
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No. 134 overhaul gathering pace at Inchicore works
THE overhaul of the RPSI’s GM single cab Class 121 No. 134 by Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail is making rapid progress at Inchicore, as the old body platework is stripped back in readiness for replacement. The RPSI’s project manager Gerry Mooney describes the overhaul as “the biggest diesel restoration ever undertaken in Ireland”, and it is clear…
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County Donegal tank is back ahead of Foyle VR revival
The return follows a £45,000 cosmetic overhaul by Heritage Engineering Ireland.
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Aveling Sirapite makes Mid-Suffolk foursome
The Long Shop Museum at Leiston will be without its popular Aveling & Porter 4wWTG Sirapite this summer.
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Tornado salutes the Tornado as aircraft finishes active service
PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado paid a symbolic tribute to the aircraft that gave it its name during its stay on the Wensleydale Railway. Three of the fighter bombers performed a nationwide farewell flypast from their base at RAF Marham in Norfolk on February 9, flying over Rutland, the West Midlands, north Wales, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire…
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Maroon ‘S160’ returns to NYMR after overhaul
BALDWIN ‘S160’ 2-8-0 No. 2253 has returned to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) after a major 2½-year rebuild by Northern Steam Engineering at Stockton. It arrived at New Bridge Yard on February 13 sporting an attractive lined maroon livery. On February 20 it was hauled from Pickering to Grosmont, where the overhaul will be completed…
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