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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…
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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.…
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£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.
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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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Standard fayre at Poynton
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MOST of the Big Four’s flagship express locomotives were handsome beasts.
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Headboard memories for trainspotters of a certain age
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Two headboards will bring back memories for we trainspotters.
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Vintage Trains plans to run 30 day tours in 2019
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By Cedric Johns VINTAGE Trains has announced its first season of tours as a Train Operating Company. The publication of the 2019 itinerary coincided with Tyseley Locomotive Works’ flagship WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle successfully completing its main line proving runs to and from Stratford-upon-Avon in February, as outlined on News, pages10/11. Testing over,…
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Bahamas makes a triumphant return
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February 9 and 16 were landmark days for the Bahamas Locomotive Society.
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Last days of the East Kent Railway
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I was at boarding school at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate in 1951. As a railway enthusiast I was delighted to be in a house whose housemaster had a full bound set of The Railway Magazine in his study, which he lent me one by one. Somehow, I learned that the East Kent Railway was going…
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Our steam odyssey in 1967
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I was interested to read the article by Trevor Gregg about his 1967 camping coach holiday, in issue 251. A friend and I purchased a week’s railrover ticket for the princely sum of £18 and set off from Kent in May 1967, to visit as many of the remaining steam locomotive depots as we could…
