Bahamas Locomotive Society
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More vandal attacks on heritage lines as carriage windows are smashed
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VANDAL attacks on UK preserved lines show no signs of abating after carriage windows were smashed on three railways during July and August. On August 5, the Bahamas Locomotive Society’s (BLS) Learning Coach (ex-LMS No. DM395470) suffered damage to windows at Ingrow station at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Damage was limited to smashed glass,…
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Bahamas booked for Tyseley Open Weekend in June
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In conjunction with its Tyseley Open Days, Vintage Trains is running four return trains per day between Birmingham Moor Street and Dorridge.
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‘Jubilee’ and ‘2MT’ treble bring gala success to the KWVR
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THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway witnessed a 20% year-on-year increase in visitor numbers to its Spring Steam Gala over the weekend of March 8-10, with almost 3,000 passengers travelling over the three days. There was a distinctly Midland Region feel to the locomotive line-up, with seven of the eight engines in steam having been…
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Bahamas makes a triumphant return
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February 9 and 16 were landmark days for the Bahamas Locomotive Society.
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Bahamas returns in style
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IT WAS a close-run thing, but ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas made a triumphant return to the main line on February 9. The immaculate Stanier ‘5XP’ passed a late trial to ensure its new and overhauled equipment was in full working order, and then worked through from Oxenhope on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR)…
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Remembering hero driver John Axon
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THE Bahamas Locomotive Society organised a civic reception at Stockport town hall to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1958 BBC broadcast of the Ballad of John Axon. The broadcast was an iconic production, way ahead of its time, written by folk singer and writer Ewan MacColl and arranged by his partner Peggy Seeger. John…
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Bahamas successfully returns to mainline operation
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45596 Bahamas returns to mainline following 25 years since the loco last ran on the mainline.
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Bahamas: just the ticket!
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BACK in January the dates for the main line proving runs for newly-outshopped Jubilee 4-6-0 No.45596 Bahamas were continually pegged back, mainly it was understood, due to TPWS problems. At least six trips were pencilled in from January 15 – a Tyseley to Stratford-upon-Avon trip for starters, followed by a run around the Tyseley circuit…
