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Tag: Carnforth

Tornado’s 2020 tour diary takes shape

7th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado looks set to have another busy year on the national network in 2020 as more dates are added to the

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Llangollen heavy freight 2-8-0 sold – but will remain in Wales for now

3rd January 2020 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

COLLETT ‘2884’ 2-8-0 No. 3802 has been sold by the Llangollen Railway-based Great Western 3802 Ltd, with a return to steam expected before the end

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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’

6th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s

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Restoration beckons for unique Lindsay

10th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

A LOCOMOTIVE that has spent more than 20 years out of the public eye will steam again after being acquired by James Bunch. Wigan Coal

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Big Pacifics dominate RTC autumn/winter tours

4th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News, Railtours, Steam

THE Railway Touring Company’s regular summer operations are over for another year, but there is a tempting selection of railtours for the autumn and winter

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Tornado set for ‘Great Britain’ debut

4th November 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Railtours, Steam

CONTINUING co-operation between West Coast Railways and The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust means Peppercorn ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado will make its debut on the ‘Great Britain’

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Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

9th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Network, Steam

Wortley Junction, west of Leeds, was a busy part of the network and had a complex layout. In an unorthodox Practice & Performance,  John Heaton

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‘Royal Scotsman’ on Grand Tour

2nd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, Railtours

Belmond’s ‘Royal Scotsman’ luxury landcruise train – more usually confined to itineraries within Scotland – embarks on an annual  seven-night grand tour of Britain, visiting

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‘Lizzie’ back on main line after repairs at Carnforth

‘Lizzie’ back on main line after repairs at Carnforth

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

STANIER Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth made its main line charter comeback on April 30 with a West Coast Railways ‘Dalesman’ outing over the Settle

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‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season

‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season

2nd July 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Railtours, Steam

APRIL 19 saw the start of the 2019 operating season for West Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ trains.  Two of Ian Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s moved

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