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New chairman for the Great Western Society
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RICHARD Preston has been welcomed as the new chairman of the Great Western Society. At its board meeting on January 27, he replaced Richard Croucher, who retired as chairman and a director after 18 years. Richard Preston has been active in railway preservation since 1968 – both at Didcot Railway Centre, where he was locomotive…
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Boiler for new Southwold Blyth now taking shape
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RAPID progress on building a boiler for replica Southwold Railway 2-4-0T Blyth is now being made – and the locomotive could steam by the end of next year. As reported in issue 244, NBR Engineering Services, the engineering arm of Scarborough’s North Bay Railway, has been contracted to build the new version of 3ft gauge…
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Fresh appeal for cash and help for Boughton extension
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To help complete its long-awaited southern extension to a station alongside the A5199, the Northampton & Lamport Railway is appealing for funds of £18,000. Building work on the first 30-yard section of the new platform at Boughton is already underway, but more money is needed, along with new volunteers – especially anyone with bricklaying experience.…
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TV star Gresley teak on the market
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A GNR carriage that starred in the highly-acclaimed Channel 4 series Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow is being offered for sale through Heritage Railway. Peter Lund, owner of Gresley BCK No. 4229, said that he is selling the teak coach because the Llangollen Railway where it is based has no operational use for it.…
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Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’
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EATON Park MR is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. The Norwich-based line is run by the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers. It was opened in 1959 as a raised, 5in-gauge track, with a 5in-/ 7¼in-gauge ground-level line being introduced in 2006. Trains run Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, April 7 to October 6,…
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Audley End’s small locos going under the hammer
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FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12. This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam and diesel locos are being retained for the railway. Those for disposal were all built by David Curwen and are…
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Indonesian sugar loco restored at Statfold Barn for new Barbados tourist railway
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THE latest locomotive to be restored to steam at Statfold Barn is Arnold Jung (Jungenthal) 0-4-4-0T Mallet 2279/1914 Tjepper (Ceper Baru) No. 5. The 750mm- (2ft 6in-) gauge loco was imported for the Statfold collection several years ago. It was never restored and seemed unlikely to be as Statfold Barn Railway focused attention on its…
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Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?
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THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought two cottages in Frankwell Street, Tywyn. The £240,000 purchase includes land known as the ‘Orchard’, next to the railway’s Tywyn Pendre works site. The ‘Orchard’ site can be accessed by a narrow drive not part of the sale, and is bounded by houses and the railway. The land is…
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“Big Jim” No.5820 sets off
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Plenty of steam at Keighley as Big Jim sets off on the third day of the KWVR Spring gala, sent in by Mike Webber.
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John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Disaster
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In a model railway world, brakevans have no brakes at all – so a breakaway can spell big trouble… The afternoon branch freight from Wempole had stopped at Knottewith Magna to pick up some wagons. The signals were cleared, and the guard waved the ‘Right away’. However, as the train passed his ’box, the signalman…
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