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  • Llangollen ‘4MT’ makes ‘11th-hour’ appearance at WSR gala

    Llangollen ‘4MT’ makes ‘11th-hour’ appearance at WSR gala

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE autumn gala season is known for bringing out heart-warming examples of inter-railway co-operation, and the West Somerset Railway’s (WSR) September 27-30 event provided the perfect illustration. Just five days before the start of the gala, organiser Don Bishop received the news Swanage Railway-based ‘4MT’ 2-6-4T No. 80104 would be unable to attend as it was…

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  • ‘King’ returns to Didcot after successful summer season

    ‘King’ returns to Didcot after successful summer season

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    Sam Hewitt

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    SINGLE-chimney Collett ‘King’ No. 6023 King Edward II returned to Didcot Railway Centre on October 15 following seven months away on hire to other heritage railways. After visits to the Severn Valley and Gloucestershire Warwickshire railways in the spring, the ‘King’ spent a highly successful four months on hire at the Dartmouth Steam Railway. It had…

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  • Great Western Society to unveil black ‘Saint’ at special weekend

    Great Western Society to unveil black ‘Saint’ at special weekend

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Great Western Society will unveil its newly completed Churchward ‘Saint’ 4-6-0 No. 2999 Lady of Legend to the public during a special weekend on November 17-18, but not as one might expect. The ‘Saint’, which will be turned out in early British Railways black livery, will not be appearing as Lady of Legend, but with…

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  • Meiningen wins contract for new ‘P2’ boiler design

    Meiningen wins contract for new ‘P2’ boiler design

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE German firm of DB Meiningen has once again been employed by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) – this time to undertake the £50,000 design work for the boiler of new Gresley ‘P2’ No. 2007 Prince of Wales. The new boiler is being designed to be interchangeable with the diagram of 118A boiler built by…

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  • Neverers respond to Prince Palatine query

    Neverers respond to Prince Palatine query

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    Sam Hewitt

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    KEITH Farr’s letter in the October issue understandably questions the performance of No. 60052 Prince Palatine climbing to Whitrope summit on the Waverley Route. He is quite right to do so as the ‘A3’s’ performance, while very impressive, wasn’t world record-breaking as the photo caption infers.When writing up the caption the assumption was made the train…

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  • Fabulous at 50

    Fabulous at 50

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Fifty years of the popular Class 50 locomotive was celebrated when 11 of their number took part in a commemorative gala, supported by The Railway Magazine and its sister title Rail Express. The event also saw the return to traffic of No. 50033 Glorious after a 24-year absence. THREE full days of running 10 different Class…

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  • 1968: The year of the long knives

    1968: The year of the long knives

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With a lot of emphasis this year on the 50th anniversary to mark the end of steam on BR, John Crosse reveals the remarkable fact that more diesel than steam locomotives were withdrawn in 1968. MANY column inches have been published concerning the 50th anniversary of the end of British Railways mainline steam traction in…

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  • Retaining heritage skills for the future

    Retaining heritage skills for the future

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the second of our new, regular series, The RM is visiting the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) to spend time with its apprentices. These young people are enrolled in the SVR’s pioneering Heritage Skills Training Academy, established five years ago to give a shot of youthful vitality to heritage railway engineering. This month we meet…

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  • Overground Class 710 makes London debut

    Overground Class 710 makes London debut

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE first of 54 Class 710 EMUs destined for service with London Overground (LO) was shown to the trade media on June 20 at Willesden depot. The EMUs are based on Bombardier’s ‘Aventra’ platform, with Transport for London placing an order for 31 AC only four-car trains (sub-class 710/1) for the West Anglia Liverpool Street…

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  • A Narrow Gauge railway under south London

    A Narrow Gauge railway under south London

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south London – albeit a temporary one. MAJOR tunnelling projects are normally accompanied by construction railways using locos designed for mining and tunnelling – by their nature these railways are temporary…

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