MOSELEY Railway Trust (MRT) harked back to its roots during its September 21-22 50th anniversary celebration at Apedale Valley Light Railway by operating passenger rides
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Tag: Hunslet
Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success
A SHORT-notice agreement to bring the Middleton Railway’s roving Hunslet Brookes No. 1 (2387/1941) to the Ribble Steam Railway (RSR) for its Autumn Steam Gala helped
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Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala
LOCOMOTIVES from two of Leeds best-known manufacturers stole the show at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) gala on September 13-15. The event also included
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New Hybrid locos for Snowdon Mountain line
SNOWDON Mountain Railway (SMR) has named Clayton Equipment Limited, specialists in bespoke hybrid battery-diesel locomotives, as preferred supplier of replacements for its Hunslet 0-4-0DH locomotives.
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Ringing the loco changes at Richmond as Pixie arrives
OPERATIONAL O&K 0-4-0WT – identified as 3136/1908 and named Susan –has left Jeremy Martin’s Richmond Light Railway. It is now at Hollycombe Steam in the
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Quintet steam at Threlkeld museum’s August gala
THRELKELD Quarry and Mining Museum’s July 27-28 Annual Steam Gala featured four guest steam locomotives. Bagnall 0-4-0ST Kidbrooke (2043/1917) from Yaxham Light Railway and Statfold
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Fundraising success sees Wheldale overhaul begin
ONE of the last steam locomotives to work commercially in the UK – Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST No. S134 Wheldale – is on the steam comeback thanks
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The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man
Peter Rampton – a man who spent a lifetime saving locomotives and reviving railways, but who remained an enigma to many.
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Brookes No. 1 and Illingworth heading to Blaenavon line gala
THE Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway (P&BR) will pay tribute to the industrial locomotive manufacturers of Leeds later this summer with a special Built in Leeds
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THE IVO PETERS COLLECTION – VOLUME 4 RAILWAY ARCHIVE: NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE STEAM 1959-1960
THIS is the latest DVD from the Ivo Peters Railway Archive Collection. Volume 4 features North Wales Narrow Gauge Steam, recorded on high quality 16mm
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