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  • 6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

    6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

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    COLLETT ‘64XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 6412 will return to the railway it called home for 33 years next month when it takes part in the West Somerset Railway’s anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event will celebrate 40 years since trains started running to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and aims to capture some of the…

  • South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered

    South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered

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    THE reopening of the Ashburton branch as the Dart Valley Railway in 1969 was commemorated during early April with a nine-day Golden Anniversary gala at the South Devon Railway (SDR). A combination of historic re-enactments and themed operating days, coupled with a cast of visiting and resident locomotives, provided a wealth of variety to the…

  • A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’

    A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’

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    THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) is making headway with preparations to launch its project to build new Gresley class ‘V4’ No. 3403 in the spring of 2020. The trust has also revealed some of the improvements it will incorporate into the design, based on 10 years’ operation of ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado. The design will largely…

  • India used baskets to coal locos

    India used baskets to coal locos

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    THE interesting article on coaling towers opened with “In the beginning, the fuelling of steam was a simple affair. One or two men with shovels etc”. In India this continued until the end of steam in 1995.  The photo attached shows four men and their wicker baskets, adding coal to a ‘YG’ class at Darbanga…

  • Building on the Broadway

    Building on the Broadway

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    The 12 months since the opening of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s extension to Broadway have seen numerous records broken, with the line continuing to reap the benefits of its connection with the picturesque Cotswolds village. Gary Boyd-Hope went along to find out how the railway has risen to the challenge, and what lessons have been…

  • Sentry at the Gate: How the North Warwickshire Line avoided closure

    Sentry at the Gate: How the North Warwickshire Line avoided closure

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    Fifty years ago this month, the Court of Appeal imposed an injunction on the British Railways Board which prevented them from withdrawing passenger services between Tyseley and Stratford-upon-Avon. Fraser Pithie tells the fascinating tale of how the actions of several campaigners thwarted BR’s closure ‘by stealth’ bid in 1969.  THREE years after the publication of…

  • Your Gallery | Bahamas Railtour II

    Your Gallery | Bahamas Railtour II

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    At Selside, with quite a strong wind blowing the exhaust, and at Gargrave crossing the river Aire, sent in by Pam Whitehead.

  • Vandals hit West Somerset Railway

    Vandals hit West Somerset Railway

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    Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.

  • Your Gallery | Union of South Africa

    Your Gallery | Union of South Africa

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    Brian Newton sent in this photo of A4 Pacific No. 60009 “Union of South Africa”.

  • Ron Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer

    Ron Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer

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    Chris Milner met centenarian Ron Buckley, a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR.

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