Mark Smithers considers several important examples of narrow gauge and industrial steam locomotives which are not currently in the forefront of public attention.
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Category: Industrial
Chasewater recalls Littleton Colliery
THE Chasewater Railway held an event on April 6-7 to mark the 25th anniversary of the closure of Littleton Colliery. The pit was located near Cannock,
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Power station decline continues as Cottam faces closure
EDF Energy has announced it will stop electricity generation at Cottam Power Station, in Nottinghamshire, on September 30, writes Chris Booth. The coal-fired 2,000MW facility
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Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic
Hogshaw Lane Sidings in Buxton have been transformed by a £14million project to accommodate longer limestone trains from local quarries. The two sidings, close to
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No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development
No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio
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GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service
Former Cardiff resident Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937) joined the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) operational fleet on April 19 following overhaul and conversion back to
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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.
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Barclay David back in traffic at Haverthwaite
The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway’s Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST David (2333/1953) returned to operational service on April 2.
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Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent
MARTIN Staniforth’s former Courtaulds Peckett ‘OY-1’ 0-4-0ST No. 2087 returned steam to the East Kent Railway (EKR) for the first time in almost 20 years
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Rare shunter ‘haulage’ at Nene Valley June 1-2 model weekend
Visitors to the Nene Valley Railway’s June 1-2 model railway weekend will be able to ride behind former London Underground Sentinel 0-6-0 DL83.
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