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Our steam odyssey in 1967
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I was interested to read the article by Trevor Gregg about his 1967 camping coach holiday, in issue 251. A friend and I purchased a week’s railrover ticket for the princely sum of £18 and set off from Kent in May 1967, to visit as many of the remaining steam locomotive depots as we could…
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Don’t ruin wonderful Midsomer Norton station
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I had to look twice at the date of the latest issue of Heritage Railway (No. 250 – congratulations), as I thought the article on page 35, about Midsomer Norton must have been an April Fool. As anyone who has been to this station knows, it is a classic small town station, complete with goods…
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Great steam Engineers of the nineteenth century: Part 5 – the 1860s
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Steam locomotives grew larger, more powerful and faster during the 1860s. Brian Sharpe outlines how the jobs of the locomotive superintendents of the major railway companies also grew ever larger, in terms of their responsibilities and the huge workforces under their control. The 1860s was a time of expansion for the GWR. After the Gauge…
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With full regulator: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW
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In his latest column, Don Benn describes the performance of Clan Line on December 20’s ‘Carols in Sherborne Abbey’ trip – and also February 2’s ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ double-header of Mayflower and British India Line, which hauled the train between Carnforth and Carlisle and return to Preston via the Settle and Carlisle route. THIS…
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Your Gallery | 7029 “Clun Castle”
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GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 Number 7029 “Clun Castle” heads through Purton.
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Club Sport: Leicester Model Railway Group celebrates 70th anniversary year
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The Leicester Model Railway Group was formed at The Martyr’s Church Hall in 1949.
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Layouts to Love: Where railway modelling dreams begin
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RMM visited two recent exhibitions, at Altrincham and Leamington Spa, and was delighted by what was in store at both.
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What’s in the Shops: Streamlined ‘Duchess’ duo from Hornby
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Hornby releases two more LMS ‘Duchesses’, this time with LMS crimson lake and gilt streamlining and in single and double-chimney forms. The release of two more streamlined ‘Princess Coronation’ or ‘Duchess’ 4-6-2 express passenger locomotives by Hornby means that the LMS modeller is now well catered for with the iconic express passenger locomotives of the…
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Tech talk: The vital importance of wheel-cleaning
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RMM brings some handy tips and techniques for cleaning the wheels of locomotives and rolling stock in order to get the best performance from your models. Part 2 will appear next month. One feature of modelling that we take for granted is the use of the two running rails to conduct power to our model…
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Nene Valley’s ‘tender loving care’ aids Moors 9F
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THE tender from the Nene Valley Railway’s BR 5MT No. 73050 City of Peterborough moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
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