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Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr acquires its own ‘Gronk’
THE Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway (L&MMR) received Class 08 No. 08795 on March 22 from the Great Western Railway, Landore depot, Swansea (87E, latterly LE), which closed in December 2018. No. 08795 requires some attention before being launched into traffic at an event later in the year. Read more in the May 2019 issue of The…
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Highs and lows at the West Somerset
THE West Somerset Railway reopened on March 30 after a three-month winter closure. There was much celebration, but a lot of work is required and money spent to bring the railway back its former glory. Weight restrictions have been introduced, down-grading the line to a GWR Blue route (17.9T axle loading). This follows advice from…
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GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service
Former Cardiff resident Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937) joined the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) operational fleet on April 19 following overhaul and conversion back to its original guise by owner Mike Pearce at the Barry Tourist Railway. As reported (RM April), Jessie has been stripped of its former ‘Thomas’ guise, losing the side tanks, and…
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Mid-Norfolk Railway gala showcases new sidings
THE Mid-Norfolk Railway’s April 5-7 diesel gala started in glorious sunshine, but the number of passengers was low. Trains ran between Dereham and Wyndham only, but a problem with the signalling installed in connection with the new storage sidings at Kimberley Park led to delays, amounting to about 40 minutes by the end of the…
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Summer reopening plan for damaged Conwy Valley line
Work is underway to repair the Conwy Valley Line in North Wales after flooding washed away significant sections of the line for the second time in three years.
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£300m to improve access at 73 stations
73 stations are sharing a £300million Government cash injection to improve access for all passengers.
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Shotts line £160m wiring work completed on time
THE £160million project to electrify a fifth route between Edinburgh and Glasgow has been completed on time and on budget. The electrification project has been undertaken to cater for projected growth in passenger numbers from towns such as Livingston and West Calder into Edinburgh in the east and from Cleland and Shotts into Glasgow in…
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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.
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Semaphore swansong at Reedham Junction
REEDHAM Junction signalbox in Norfolk, along with its numerous semaphore signals, was decommissioned after the last train passed on the evening of March 22, reports Richard Horner. Its abolition took place ahead of a nine-day engineering possession during which further extensive works were carried out at Reedham, Cantley and Brundall under Network Rail’s Norwich, Yarmouth…
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Contrasting locos debut at Norwich club track
The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.
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