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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Category: Industrial
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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Industrial Locomotives & Railways of the North East
By Gordon Edgar GORDON Edgar’s series exploring the nation’s industrial railways and systems of Britain continues with this latest volume focusing on the region often
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Hugh Le Fleming
Robert Humm reviews the life and work of a notable locomotive engineer, writer and artist. Despite the lack of any family technical background, and in
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National Railway Museum to uncover truth about the ‘Hetton Lyon’
The National Railway Museum has begun an investigation into the true origins of the Hetton Colliery loco Lyon of 1855.
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What’s in the Shops: Accurascale goes large with O-gauge hoppers
Accurascale has now released a finely detailed O-gauge version.
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The Coaling Plant story: Towers of Strength – Part 1
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
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What’s in the Shops: Worth their salt – Dapol fleet wagons
Dapol has released two brilliant models of private-owner salt wagons on its new O-gauge 9ft RCH underframe. Salt from the Cheshire and Staffordshire area was
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