Sam Hewitt

  • Indonesian sugar loco restored at Statfold Barn for new Barbados tourist railway

    Indonesian sugar loco restored at Statfold Barn for new Barbados tourist railway

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    THE latest locomotive to be restored to steam at Statfold Barn is Arnold Jung (Jungenthal)  0-4-4-0T Mallet 2279/1914 Tjepper (Ceper Baru) No. 5.  The 750mm- (2ft 6in-) gauge loco was imported for the Statfold collection several years ago. It was never restored and seemed unlikely to be as Statfold Barn Railway focused attention on its…

  • Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?

    Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?

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    THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought two cottages in Frankwell Street, Tywyn. The £240,000 purchase includes land known as the ‘Orchard’, next to the railway’s Tywyn Pendre works site. The ‘Orchard’ site can be accessed by a narrow drive not part of the sale, and is bounded by houses and the railway.  The land is…

  • What’s in the Shops: Farish six-car set   in ‘Western  Pullman’  guise

    What’s in the Shops: Farish six-car set in ‘Western Pullman’ guise

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    Graham Farish has reissued its popular ‘Midland Pullman’ set in the reverse livery of its final service on the Western Region. Nigel Burkin examines it in detail. The popular N-gauge six-car ‘Midland Pullman’ set by Graham Farish has reappeared in the BR ‘Corporate’ livery of rail blue and grey in what was to be its…

  • Murphy Models plans GM Class 121 diesel

    Murphy Models plans GM Class 121 diesel

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    Padraig Murphy at Murphy’s Models ([email protected]) has sent some initial CAD images of a planned GM Class 121 locomotive which, he says, is quite complex, with lots packed in beneath the bonnet, which will feature see-through side grilles.  Background information can be found on www.eiretrains.com  and no fewer than 12 models in five colour schemes…

  • Limited-edition releases – there’s no limit in sight!

    Limited-edition releases – there’s no limit in sight!

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    The plethora of limited-edition locomotives and rolling stock that’s now available from a growing variety of outlets both large and small is an unstoppable aspect of railway modelling today. ‘Delectably Different’ will become a regular RMM feature, so whether you’re a manufacturer, wholesaler or small model shop, don’t forget to send us the information and…

  • ‘Loco spotting’ at Forres West MPD

    ‘Loco spotting’ at Forres West MPD

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    It takes only a strong sense of railway history and a little imagination to bring any layout to life, writes Ian Lamb as he gets inside the well-travelled ‘Dava’ that started life as a millennium project.   Surely the purpose of modelling railways is to bring to life the experiences of our past in a…

  • Lights signal a new dimension to rail modelling

    Lights signal a new dimension to rail modelling

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    Pete Kelly heads off to Rotherham to visit the busy but welcoming premises of CR Signals. As with many successful firms producing the fast-developing miniaturised gadgetry that many of today’s railway modellers crave, CR Signals of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, started off as a hobby well over a decade ago when keen railway modeller Paul Foulds…

  • HST enters service with Hull Trains

    HST enters service with Hull Trains

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    A HIRED-in 2+5 HST set entered service with Hull Trains on February 15, when ex-GWR power cars Nos. 43010 and 43190 worked the 1A92/08.23 Hull to King’s Cross and 1H03/11.48 return. The move follows a long period of problems with the HT Class 180 ‘Adelante’ fleet, which has led to multiple cancellations and bad press…

  • ‘Hoover’ arrives at new home

    ‘Hoover’ arrives at new home

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    CLASS 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak – bought by the Great Central Railway from Boden Rail (see last month) – has been delivered to the line and is set to make its debut at the April 13/14 spring diesel gala, writes Robin Jones. The ‘Hoover’ was brought by road from Boden Rail Engineering’s Nottingham Eastcroft…

  • NER Autocar wins two HRA Awards

    NER Autocar wins two HRA Awards

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    THE NER 1903 Autocar Trust won two prestigious prizes at the Heritage Railway Association’s 2019 Awards, which were held in central Birmingham on February 9. The team’s superb restoration of Autocar No. 3170 earned it the Rail Express-sponsored Modern Traction Award, plus the Manisty Award – one of the heritage rail industry’s most prestigious awards…

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