Alan Keef Ltd
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New dome completes 22-year restoration of Nancy at Dromod
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THE restoration of the Cavan & Leitrim Railway’s Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy is officially complete after 22 years’ work and £160,000 investment. The former ironstone loco returned to steam at Alan Keef’s Ross-on-Wye workshops in March, but was delivered to Dromod without its brass dome cover as this was still being manufactured by The Dorset Copperfish. …
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Beale Railway commemorates park trustee Richard Howard
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THE Alan Keef 0-6-0DH steam-outline loco delivered new to the 10¼in-gauge Beale Railway in February 2018 and named Howard is seen on March 10. Its identity is confirmed as Keef 103 of 2017, not as previously stated. The terminus station is called Howard’s Halt, which like the loco, is named in memory of Richard Howard,…
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‘Brexit Express’ Nancy returns to steam and heads for Ireland
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Restoration to steam of ex-Eastwell Iron Ore Quarries 3ft-gauge Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy (1547/1908) has been completed.
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Nancy in the spotlight at Alan Keef Open Day
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FORMER Eastwell Iron Ore Quarries 3ft-gauge Avonside 1547/1908 0-6-0T Nancy was the centrepiece project displayed at the annual Alan Keef Ltd’s Open Day on September 22. Nancy wasn’t quite ready to be steamed (RM July), but Avonside Nancy Restoration Group (ANRG) has now raised sufficient finance for Keef’s to complete the restoration. A steam test…
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