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Watford Miniature Railway

  • Pilgrim returns to service at Watford Miniature Railway

    Pilgrim returns to service at Watford Miniature Railway

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    Sam Hewitt

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    MUCH-travelled 0-6-0T Pilgrim (D King 1980) is visiting the 10¼in-gauge Watford Miniature Railway (WMR) for the railway’s 60th anniversary season (RM July, p84). It arrived on August 6 following boiler work at Denver Light Railway, Birmingham. Pilgrim was built for the Wells & Walsingham Railway, Norfolk, running there from the line’s opening in 1982 until…

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  • Watford miniature line celebrates diamond jubilee

    Watford miniature line celebrates diamond jubilee

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE 10¼in-gauge Watford Miniature Railway marked its 60th anniversary on April 27-28 with a gala event at Cassiobury Park.  The resident locos were joined by 2-4w-2P (Shepperton Metal Products 1970), which ran on the line until the early 1990s, visiting from Vanstone Woodland Railway, Hertfordshire. An exhibition of photos depicted the railway over the years…

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