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  • Wales, wind and the Western dominate SVR’s spring gala

    Wales, wind and the Western dominate SVR’s spring gala

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    THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR)season-opening Spring Steam Gala took place over the three days of March 15-17 It brought together a variety of tank engines of predominantly, but not exclusively, GWR origin with links to Wales. It’s fair to say that after the snows of 2018 the SVR was hoping the weather would be kinder…

  • There were other ‘Castle’ name changes

    There were other ‘Castle’ name changes

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    THANK you for the supplement sent with the March 2019 issue.  Item 24 states the name Penrice Castle was carried by three separate members of the same class. That is true, but it also applies to eight other ‘Castle’ names. Even more remarkably, the names Denbigh Castle and Ogmore Castle were each carried by four separate members of the class.   The first…

  • Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys!

    Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys!

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    The three-day spring steam gala in brought in the crowds, reports Robin Jones and Gareth Evans.

  • Steam Dreams to run an extra 56 London trains this summer

    Steam Dreams to run an extra 56 London trains this summer

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    The tour promoter has planned four trains every Tuesday out of Waterloo for a 14-week period ending on Tuesday, September 3.

  • New £3 million Ff&WHR Caernarfon terminus now open for business

    New £3 million Ff&WHR Caernarfon terminus now open for business

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    The newest station in the heritage sector – the Welsh Highland Railway’s £3 million Caernarfon terminus.

  • Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Take the last Underground steam below central London

    Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Take the last Underground steam below central London

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    THE timetable for District 150 – the last chance to travel on a steam train on London Underground beneath the heart of the capital – has now been published. As previously reported, the London Transport Museum and Transport for London will jointly celebrate 150 years of the Underground’s District line by running a series of…

  • Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: New V4: plan of action ahead of 2020 launch

    Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: New V4: plan of action ahead of 2020 launch

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    A BLUEPRINT for the strategy to build a new Gresley LNER V4 2-8-2 has been drawn up prior to the formal launch of the project. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, which 29 years ago drew up plans for a new Peppercorn A1 Pacific which materialised as No. 60163 Tornado and is now one of the…

  • Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Mid-Hants Urie S15 set for May return

    Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Mid-Hants Urie S15 set for May return

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    THE Mid-Hants Railway is looking forward to the eagerly-anticipated return to traffic of Urie S15 No. 506 this summer. As featured in issue 250, the 4-6-0 is fast approaching completion at Ropley Works. With its steam test set to take place at the end of April, the locomotive is due to enter traffic during May.…

  • £450k appeal launched to fund the tender behind Prince of Wales

    £450k appeal launched to fund the tender behind Prince of Wales

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    The money raised will fund the manufacture of the tender for new Gresley class ‘P2’ No. 2007 Prince of Wales.

  • Narrow Gauge In The Somme Sector before, during and after the First World War

    Narrow Gauge In The Somme Sector before, during and after the First World War

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    By Martin JB Farebrother & Joan S Farebrother (hardback, Pen & Sword, 256pp £40, ISBN 1473887631). A timely publication indeed in view of the debut of a restored First World War Baldwin 4-6-0T and a Hunslet 4-6-0T at the Welsh Highland Railway’s Past, Present and Future event on June 21-23 (News, page 36). This hefty…

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