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‘Screaming Valentas’ tour raises more than £21,000 for HST depot
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EAST Midlands Trains took one of its ex-Grand Central 2+6 High Speed Train sets from Derby to Ruddington on the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) on November 17. At Ruddington one of the power cars was switched for the National Railway Museum’s prototype HST power car No. 41001. The sold-out train was organised jointly by EMT, the…
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UK Railtours buzzes around rare lines in Kent
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NOVEMBER 17 saw UK Railtours take a tour of rare and freight-only lines in the south-east of England, including the branch to Dungeness in Kent. Bearing the catchy title ‘The Return of the Short Haired Bumblebee’, the tour was powered by DB Cargo Class 66s Nos. 66177 and 66151, and also visited the Grain branch in…
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‘Union’ on home ground after southern adventures
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John Cameron’s ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa visited destinations as far apart as Plymouth, London and Edinburgh towards the end of 2018. On December 8 it was on familiar territory with a Railway Touring Company Christmas markets excursion from York to Edinburgh and return. The train worked north over the East Coast Main Line…
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Bachmann Narrow Gauge expands 009-scale range
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At the launch of its 2019 Bachmann Branchline and Graham Farish catalogues in London on January 14 (see page 12) Bachmann Europe Plc announced a growing input into its 009-scale range with new tooling for a Baguley-Drewry 70hp diesel locomotive and four different van and wagon types. The diminutive Baguley-Drewry diesel locomotives were built in…
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Your Gallery | Flying Scotsman at NRM
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Look at this LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman being coaled up at the National Railway Museum
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Your Gallery | BR Standard 4 Class 80080
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Roger Smith, all the way from New Zealand, has sent in this immaculately presented BR Standard 4 Class 80080
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Your Gallery | BR Standard 4 Class 80080
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Roger Smith, all the way from New Zealand, has sent in this immaculately presented BR Standard 4 Class 80080
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MBE for Barrow Hill saviour & OBE for Director of London Transport Museum
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New Year’s Honours List include Mervyn Allcock and Sam Mullins
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MBE for Barrow Hill saviour & OBE for Director of London Transport Museum
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New Year’s Honours List include Mervyn Allcock and Sam Mullins
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Dean Forest Railway buys WR pannier No. 9682 at Southall
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THE Dean Forest Railway has bought WR pannier No. 9682 from the GWR Preservation Group at Southall. 1940-built GWR Toad brake No. 17488 is also included in the deal. A team of members has been busy getting No. 9682, which is currently dismantled, ready to move to Norchard, where it will join classmate No. 9681…
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