Sam Hewitt
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Severn Valley Railway pannier sees red
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The ‘57XX’ is being prepared for a re-paint into LT ‘bullock maroon’.
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Clun Castle returns to main line after 31-year hiatus
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Tyseley’s flagship Collett 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle made a triumphant return to the main line last month. This was its first venture onto the national network since 1988, following an extensive overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works. The 1950-built ‘Castle’ ran a series of light engine test runs to ease it through speeds of 15,…
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County of Montgomery group aiming for £40,000 with driving wheels appeal
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THE Churchward County Trust (CCT) is hoping to build on the success of its first year by launching a new ‘Forty 4-4-0s Club’ to raise the £40,000 required to cast the four coupled wheels for new-build GWR 4-4-0 No. 3840 County of Montgomery. All the platework required to assemble the main frames is cut and ready…
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SVR opens Bridgnorth refreshment room
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A NEW refreshment room at the Severn Valley Railway’s Bridgnorth station has opened for business. The brick-built structure has been funded through the railway’s successful £2.5million share offer, launched in 2016. It replaces the temporary buildings that face the car park. The refreshment room is designed in a GWR style of around 1900, and…
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Blue ‘King’ confirmed for Cotswold Festival of Steam
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THE Great Western Society’s Collett 4-6-0 King Edward II will return to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway later this spring to take part in the line’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-27. It will be the second visit by Didcot-based No. 6023 to the ‘Gloucs-Warks’ in as many years, having starred at the same event last…
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Smokebox completed for Hawksworth ‘County’
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THE ‘face’ of a GWR Hawksworth ‘County’ 4-6-0 will soon be seen for the first time since 1964 as the Great Western Society’s (GWS) 1014 County Project approaches another milestone in its construction of new-build No. 1014 County of Glamorgan. Goodman Metal Works, in Nottingham, recently completed the smokebox and smokebox saddle for No. 1014,…
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Severn Valley ‘4MT’ returns to front-line service
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Riddles ‘4MT’ 4-6-0 No. 75069 officially entered traffic at the Severn Valley Railway over the weekend of February 16-17.
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No. 60007 joins Hosking fleet at Crewe
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The agreement will see No. 60007 step into the void left by classmate No. 4464 Bittern at Crewe.
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British India Line ‘farewell’ tribute to charter pioneer Nigel Dobbing
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King’s Lynn-based The Railway Touring Company organised the tribute to Nigel, who established the company in the town 22 years ago.
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Aln Valley seeking more donors for Richboro appeal
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Northumberland’s Aln Valley Railway has been encouraged by the response to its fundraising appeal.
