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Britain’s biggest working steam loco in private railway treasure trove for sale
One of the UK’s most distinctive private railway collections assembled over four decades by the late David Buck is now being offered for sale, representing an exceptional opportunity for preservationists, collectors, and heritage operators. At the heart of the collection is Hr1 No. 1016 Lady Patricia, a striking 5ft gauge Pacific built for the Finnish State Railways in 1955. Taller and wider than Flying Scotsman and Mallard, it is now the largest working steam locomotive in Britain.
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Fenchurch in first capital return in a century?
LBSCR A1 ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0T No. 72 Fenchurch returned to London on November 8 when it starred as part of the annual Lord Mayor’s Show procession, marking possibly the first time it has been back to the city since 1898. A three-mile parade around some of the busiest inner-city streets, this year’s event was a landmark as the first-ever Lady Mayor’s Show.
‘Coffee Pot’ to return to home territory
GER ‘Coffee Pot’ 0-4-0ST No. 229 will be displayed outside the front of its parent company’s Liverpool Street station on December 8/9 to mark Railway 200 and the raise money for charity. The Permanent Way Lodge of the Freemasons is holding an event in the former Great Eastern Hotel to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Lifelites and The Railway Children children’s charities.
Clun Castle replays its last steam tour with second return to Paddington
Sixty years after it departed Paddington with the final steam-hauled service, WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle recreated the historic service on November 1 by returning to the GWR’s London terminus for only the second time in the heritage era, while simultaneously celebrating its own 75th birthday.
