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  • No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

    No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

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    Sam Hewitt

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    No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio built for the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for its Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works, where they would be evaluated alongside three new six-coupled diesel electric locomotives, which had…

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  • Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’

    Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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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