Sam Hewitt

  • Mayflower: March target

    Mayflower: March target

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    By Cedric Johns THOUGHTS of B1 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower returning south for Steam Dreams’ duties in December were dashed following its second main line (loaded) proving run around the West Coast Railways circuit on December 6. The 4-6-0 is still at Carnforth receiving mechanical adjustments to problems thrown up during the locomotive’s second run.…

  • Clan Line hauls Royal Train and  Pacific’s 70th birthday marked

    Clan Line hauls Royal Train and Pacific’s 70th birthday marked

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    By Don Benn December was an unexpectedly special month for Clan Line – for it hauled the Royal Train, in addition to the owning group, the Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society (MNLPS) celebrating the locomotive’s 70th birthday of its release into traffic on December 23, 1948. During November, the society received a special request for…

  • Reasons why The Great Bear failed

    Reasons why The Great Bear failed

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    I note the plaintive appeal from D Martin in Platform, issue 248, for the reincarnation of The Great Bear. This is not the first time this sentiment has been aired in the pages of Heritage Railway. The fact of the matter is the designer G J Churchward, the world’s foremost designer of his age, saw…

  • Norman Preedy: – a real character  and a local legend

    Norman Preedy: – a real character and a local legend

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    With reference to Geoff Courtney’s obituary of Norman Preedy in the last issue, may I add my thoughts on someone who was a great friend and a superb and enthusiastic railway photographer. Norman was a real character and quite a local legend held in the highest esteem. Having been born in Newton Abbot in the…

  • Your Gallery | Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala

    Your Gallery | Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala

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    Roger Smith sent in this photo of the BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia departing Paddington Station.

  • Former Talyllyn Railway chief wins at Heritage Railway Association awards

    Former Talyllyn Railway chief wins at Heritage Railway Association awards

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    Talyllyn Railway’s former Chief Engineer, John Bate, was honoured in the recent Heritage Railway Association awards ceremony.

  • Support Britain’s most powerful loco this Valentine’s Day

    Support Britain’s most powerful loco this Valentine’s Day

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    Looking for something different for your train-loving Valentine? Hoping things will get hot and steamy this Valentine’s Day?

  • Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas leaving Appleby

    Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas leaving Appleby

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    February saw the first mainline run of LMS Stanier Class 6P Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45596 ‘Bahamas’ for 35 years.

  • Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

    Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

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    A new boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) Darent.

  • Narrow and minimum 
gauge at Warley show

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    Check out some great pictures from the exciting Warley Model Railway Exhibition.

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