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Tag: Gary Boyd Hope

Something ‘Wightwick’ this way comes as Bosworth line celebrates 50 golden years

21st November 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

“OVERWHELMED” and “speechless” were just two of the words used by Battlefield Line director Adrian Lock to describe the success of the Leicestershire line’s 50th

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Pitchford Hall creates Collett preservation ‘first’ after overhaul brings new livery

20th November 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

Epping Ongar Railway-based GWR ‘Hall’ No. 4953 Pitchford Hall is back in steam after overhaul, and carrying a livery never before seen on one of the Collett 4-6-0s in the preservation era.

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Military might: Looking back at Longmoor

12th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

October 31 marks 50 years since the closure of the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire. The army training line, known for its eye-catching blue-liveried locomotives

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Quiet progress has ‘Grange’ on coursefor 2020 debut

21st September 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

PROGRESS on the project to construct the 81st Collett ‘Grange’ – No. 6880 Betton Grange – continues at Tyseley and Llangollen, with a view to having

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Didcot formally launches ‘Saint’ Lady of Legend

Didcot formally launches ‘Saint’ Lady of Legend

8th May 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE Great Western Society (GWS) marked the completion of its re-created Churchward ‘Saint’ in early April with a series of special commemorative events at Didcot

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Building on the Broadway

Building on the Broadway

8th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

The 12 months since the opening of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s extension to Broadway have seen numerous records broken, with the line continuing to reap

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Restoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry

10th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Narrow Gauge, News, Steam

The project originally began at Llangollen, but the loco moved with Mr Pearce when he relocated to South Wales.

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Back from the brink

10th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) held a frank and honest briefing for members and shareholders on March 2, at which it laid out the problems

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Counting their blessings

13th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

As the Churchward County Trust celebrates its first anniversary, project leader Gary Boyd-Hope explains more about the scheme to build GWR 4-4-0 No. 3840 County

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Lazarus Lines: Maam Cross – Ireland’s ‘quiet’ railway revival

6th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Irish, Steam

Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Jim Deegan, the man behind the Connemara Railway Project, to find out more about his ambitious plans to return 5ft 3in-gauge

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